Biology:Cnemaspis jacobsoni

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Short description: Species of lizard

Cnemaspis jacobsoni
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. jacobsoni
Binomial name
Cnemaspis jacobsoni
Das, 2005

Cnemaspis jacobsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Indonesia.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, jacobsoni, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944).[2]

Geographic range

C. jacobsoni is endemic to the island of Simeulue, Indonesia.[3][1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. jacobsoni is forest.[3]

Description

Small for its genus, C. jacobsoni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3 cm (1.2 in).[1] Males have neither femoral pores nor preanal pores.[1]

Reproduction

C. jacobsoni is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Cnemaspis jacobsoni ". http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cnemaspis&species=jacobsoni&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Cnemaspis+jacobsoni%27%29%29. 
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis jacobsoni, p. 132).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 18 November 2021

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 jacobsoni, new species).


Wikidata ☰ Q2980848 entry