Boie's day gecko
Boie's day gecko (Cnemaspis boiei) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. boiei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis boiei (Gray, 1842) | |
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Etymology
C. boiei is named after Friedrich Boie (1789–1870) or his brother Heinrich Boie (1794–1827), German naturalists.[2]
Description
C. boiei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 4 cm (1.6 in).[1]
References
- Species Cnemaspis boiei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis boiei, p. 31).
Further reading
- 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 (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. ("Gonatodes boiei [sic]", new combination, p. 72).
- Gray JE (1842). "Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection". The Zoological Miscellany 2: 57–59. ("Goniodactylus Boeï [sic]", new species, p. 58).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. ("Cnemaspis boei [sic]", 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 boiei [sic]", new combination, p. 75).
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