Beddome's day gecko

Beddome's day gecko
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cnemaspis
Species:	C. beddomei
Binomial name
Cnemaspis beddomei (Beddome, 1870)

Beddome's day gecko, Cnemaspis beddomei, is a species of gecko found in the Western Ghats. It is named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830-1911, a British army officer and botanist.

Distribution

Type locality: Tinnevelly and Travancore Hills (3000 – 5000 ft ASL) Terra typica restricta (M. A. Smith 1935): Travancore

Ecology and conservation

It is diurnal and is found under rocks; it feeds mainly on insects. The exact threats are unknown but may be human disturbance. However, it exists in protected areas Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve and Meghamalai.

References

• Beddome,R.H. 1870 Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30-35
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
• Theobald,W. 1876 Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.

External links

• Cnemaspis beddomei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database