Cnemaspis littoralis

Cnemaspis littoralis
Coastal Day Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: C. littoralis
Binomial name
Cnemaspis littoralis
(Jerdon, 1854)

Coastal Day Gecko Cnemaspis littoralis is a species of gecko found in the Western Ghats of India.

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Description

Habit very slender. Head long; snout pointed, much longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, 1.6 to 1.75 times diameter of orbit; forehead very slightly concave; ear opening small, oval, vertical. The hind limb does not reach beyond axilla. Digits strongly dilated at the base, with large plates beneath; the distal plate is the largest, longer than broad, truncated anteriorly, upper surface covered with equal smooth granules, minute on the back, much larger on the snout; a few very small subcortical tubercles are scattered on the flanks. Rostral large, quadrangular, twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above; nostril pierced between the rostral and three nasals; 8 to 10 upper and 6 to 8 lower labials; mental large, broadly triangular, its posterior angle truncated; small chin-shields passing gradually into the small smooth gular granules. Ventral scales hexagonal, imbricate, smooth. Males with. 16 to 18 femoral pores on each side; no prseanal pores. Tail cylindrical, tapering, above with uniform small smooth scales, beneath with a median series of transversely dilated plates. Grey-brown above, generally with a row of lighter dark-edged spots along the back, and a black spot on the nape; nearly always a black line bordering the lower lip, and extending as far as the ear; lower surfaces whitish. From snout to vent 1.35 inches; tail 1.4.

Distribution

Malabar; Nilambur and Nellakota, on the west side of the Nilgiris; found on trees in dry teak-forests. Jerdon's type specimen was obtained in a warehouse on the seacoast.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

References

  • Beddome,R.H. 1871 Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci., 4: 401-404 [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 324-326, 1940.
  • Jerdon,T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 1. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii [1853]: 462-479

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