Sispara day gecko
| Sispara day gecko | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. sisparensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis sisparensis (Beddome, 1870) | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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The Sispara day gecko (Cnemaspis sisparensis) is a species of gecko found in the Nilgiri Hills of India.
Description
[edit]It is closely allied to Cnemaspis wynadensis, but the digits much more elongate. Three femoral pores are found on each side. The dorsal tubercles are homogeneous. In color, it is brown, with regular, transverse, dark bands across the body and tail.[4]
From snout to vent, it grows to 2.4 in.
Its type locality is Sholakal, near the bottom of the Sispara Ghat, Nilgiri Hills.
References
[edit]- ↑ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Cnemaspis sisparensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T172603A1350155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172603A1350155.en. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ "Cnemaspis sisparensis (THEOBALD, 1876)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ Cyriac, Vivek; Palot, Muhamed J.; Deuti, Kaushik; Umesh, P. K. (2020). "A preliminary 16S rRNA phylogeny of the Indian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of two new cryptic species from the C. wynadensis clade". Vertebrate Zoology. 70 (2): 171–193. doi:10.26049/VZ70-2-2020-06.
- ↑ Boulenger, G. A. (1890). Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
- Annandale, N. (1915). Herpetological notes and descriptions. Records of the Indian Museum, 11:341-347
- Beddome, R.H. (1870). Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 2:169-176 [Reprint.: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 327–334, 1940]
- Boulenger, G.A. (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
- Theobald, W. (1876). Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.