Ponmudi day gecko explained

The Ponmudi day gecko (Cnemaspis nairi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.

Etymology

The specific name, nairi, is in honor of Indian naturalist S. Madhavan Nair.^[1]

Geographic range

C. nairi is found in the Indian state of Kerala. The holotype, from which the species was originally described, was collected at Ponmudi.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of C. nairi is evergreen forests and semi-evergreen forests at elevations of 280to.^[2]

Description

C. nairi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 40mm. Dorsally, it is gray with black and white markings. Ventrally, it is grayish brown. The tail has alternating rings of black and yellowish olive.^[2]

Reproduction

C. nairi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Inger RF, Marx H, Koshy M (1984). "An Undescribed Species of Gekkonid Lizard (Cnemaspis) from India with Comments on the Status of C. tropidogaster ". Herpetologica 40 (2): 149–154. (Cnemaspis nairi, new species).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cnemaspis nairi, p. 187).
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