Cnemaspis heteropholis

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Cnemaspis heteropholis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. heteropholis
Binomial name
Cnemaspis heteropholis
Bauer, 2002

Cnemaspis heteropholis, also known as the Gund day gecko or different-scaled day gecko, is a species of geckos found in India (Gund, Uttara Kannada).

The male of the species has been recently described from Agumbe in Karnataka. This Western Ghats endemic species is known from Gund, Uttara Kannada district, Pushpagiri, Dakshina Kannada district and Agumbe, Shivamoga district in Karnataka (Bauer, 2002; Biswas, 2008; Ganesh et al., 2011; Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2013).

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References

  1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Cnemaspis heteropholis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T172616A1352766. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172616A1352766.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.