Biology:Boie's day gecko

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Boie's day gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. boiei
Binomial name
Cnemaspis boiei
(Gray, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Goniodactylus Boeï
    Gray, 1842
  • Gonatodes boiei
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Cnemaspis boiei
    — M.A. Smith, 1935

Boie's day gecko (Cnemaspis boiei) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India .

Etymology

C. boiei is named after Friedrich Boie (1789–1870) or his brother Heinrich Boie (1794–1827), German naturalists.[2]

Description

C. boiei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 4 cm (1.6 in).[1]

Reproduction

C. boiei is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Species Cnemaspis boiei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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 boiei, p. 31).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. ("Gonatodes boiei [sic]", new combination, p. 72).
  • Gray JE (1842). "Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection". The Zoological Miscellany 2: 57–59. ("Goniodactylus Boeï [sic]", new species, p. 58).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. ("Cnemaspis boei [sic]", p. 62). (in German).
  • 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 and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. ("Cnemaspis boiei [sic]", new combination, p. 75).


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