Coastal day gecko

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)

The coastal day gecko, Cnemaspis littoralis, is a species of gecko found in the Western Ghats of India.

Distribution

This gecko occurs in Malabar, Nilambur, and Nellakota, on the west side of the Nilgiris; it isfound 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.

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