Cnemaspis dezwaani explained
Cnemaspis dezwaani is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, dezwaani, is in honor of Dutch anthropologist Johannes Pieter Kleiweg de Zwaan.[2]
Further reading
- Das I (2005). "Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species". Journal of Herpetology 39 (2): 233–247. (Cnemaspis dezwaani, new species).
Notes and References
- Web site: Cnemaspis dezwaani . The Reptile Database. 2017-11-11.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cnemaspis dezwaani, p. 71).