Beddome's day gecko

Beddome's day gecko (Cnemaspis beddomei) is a species of lizard in the Family Gekkonidae endemic to India.

Beddome's day gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. beddomei
Binomial name
Cnemaspis beddomei
(Theobald, 1876)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus marmoratus
    Beddome, 1870
    (preoccupied)
  • Gymnodactylus beddomei
    Theobald, 1876
    (nomen novum)
  • Gonatodes marmoratus
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Cnemaspis beddomei
    — M.A. Smith, 1935

Etymology

C. beddomei is named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830–1911, a British army officer and botanist.[3]

Geographic range

C. beddomei is found in the Western Ghats, India.[1] The type locality is South Tinnevelly and Travankor hills at elevation of 914 - 1,524 m"[4] (3000 - 5000 feet).

Ecology

C. beddomei is diurnal and is found under rocks in forests; it feeds mainly on insects.[1]

Reproduction

C. beddomei is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

The exact threats to C. beddomei are unknown but may be human disturbance. However, it exists in protected areas Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve and Meghamalai.[1]

References
  1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Cnemaspis beddomei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172640A1357426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172640A1357426.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Cnemaspis beddomei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis beddomei, p. 21).
  4. Theobald W (1876).

Further reading
  • Beddome RH (1870). "Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency". Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 1: 30–35. (Gymnodactylus marmoratus, new species, p. 31).
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gonatodes marmoratus, p. 67 + Plate VI, figure 4).
  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Gonatodes marmoratus, p. 76).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cnemaspis beddomei, p. 62). (in German).
  • Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Cnemaspis beddomei, p. 71).
  • Theobald W (1876). Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. x + 238 pp. + Synopsis, i–xxxviii pp. + Appendix i–xiii pp. (Gymnodactylus beddomei, new species, pp. 88–89).



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