- Cnemaspis tropidogaster
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Rough-bellied Day Gecko 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Family: Gekkonidae Genus: Cnemaspis Species: C. tropidogaster Binomial name Cnemaspis tropidogaster
(Boulenger, 1885)Rough-bellied Day Gecko Cnemaspis tropidogaster is a species of day gecko found in the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.
Distribution in the southern Western Ghats is patchy and relatively uncommon. Active during the day. Distinct head, elongated snout, keeled ventral scales; dark brown dorsal side with transverse arrangement of light and dark variegations. Pale brown/cream underside with spiny tubercles on body sides. Males have 2-4 and 3-6 preanal and femoral pores respectively.
References
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
- Inger R F; Marx H; Koshy M 1984 An undescribed species of gekkonid lizard (Cnemaspis) from India with comments on the status of C. tropidogaster. Herpetologica 40 (2): 149-154
- Taylor,E.H. 1953 A review of the lizards of Ceylon. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., Lawrence, 35: 1525-1585
- Wermuth, H. 1965 Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich (80):1-246
- Das, I. 2008 A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India, page 88.
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