Cnemaspis boulengerii

Cnemaspis boulengerii, also known commonly as Boulenger's rock gecko or the Con Dao round eyed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Côn Sơn Island (also called Pulo Condore) in southern Vietnam.[2]

Cnemaspis boulengerii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. boulengerii
Binomial name
Cnemaspis boulengerii
Strauch, 1887
Synonyms[2]
  • Cnemaspis boulengerii
    Strauch, 1887
  • Gonatodes glaucus
    M.A. Smith, 1921
  • Gonatodes boulengeri [sic]
    — M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Cnemaspis boulengerii
    — Kluge, 1993

Etymology

The specific name, boulengerii, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. boulengerii are forest, rocky areas, and caves.[1]

Description

Dorsally, C. boulengerii is tan, with a few large roundish black spots on the shoulders and nape.[2] Ventrally it is grayish white.[4] The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 6.9 cm (2.7 in).[2] The tail is about 10% longer than SVL.[4]

Reproduction

C. boulengerii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Nguyen NS, Nguyen TQ, Golynsky E (2019). "Cnemaspis boulengerii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10,2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T104682048A104718321.en. Downloaded on 15 September 2021.
  2. "Cnemaspis boulengeri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. 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 boulengerii, p. 34).
  4. Smith MA (1935).

Further reading
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cnemaspis boulengerii, p. 62). (in German).
  • Smith MA (1921). "Reptiles and Batrachians collected on Pulo Condore". Journal of the Natural History Socierty of Siam 4: 93–97 + one plate. (Gonatodes glaucus, new species, pp. 95–96 + plate, figures 3 & 3a).
  • 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 & Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + two maps. ("Cnemaspis boulengeri [sic]", pp. 76–77).
  • Strauch A (1887). "Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ". Mémoires de l'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg, Septième Série 35 (2): 1–72 + index + one plate. (Cnemaspis boulengerii, new species, pp. 42–43 + plate, figures 7–9). (in German).



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