Cnemaspis mcguirei explained
Cnemaspis mcguirei, also known commonly as McGuire's rock gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Malaysia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, mcguirei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jimmy A. McGuire.[2]
Reproduction
C. mcguirei is oviparous.[1]
Further reading
- Grismer, Jesse L.; Wood, Perry L., Jr; Chan Kin Onn (2008). "The distribution, taxonomy, and redescription of the geckos Cnemaspis affinis (Stoliczka 1887) and C. flavolineata (Nicholls 1949) with descriptions of a new montane species and two new lowland, karst-dwelling species from Peninsular Malaysia". Zootaxa 1931: 1-24. (Cnemaspis macguirei, new species).
Notes and References
- . www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cnemaspis mcguirei, p. 173).