Cnemaspis jacobsoni

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Cnemaspis jacobsoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. jacobsoni
Binomial name
Cnemaspis jacobsoni
Das, 2005
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Cnemaspis jacobsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Indonesia. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, jacobsoni, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944). [3]

Geographic range

C. jacobsoni is endemic to the island of Simeulue, Indonesia. [1] [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. jacobsoni is forest. [1]

Description

Small for its genus, C. jacobsoni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3 cm (1.2 in). [2] Males have neither femoral pores nor preanal pores. [2]

Reproduction

C. jacobsoni is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Iskandar, D.; Kamsi, M.; Amarasinghe, A.; Richman, N.; Böhm, M. (2021). "Cnemaspis jacobsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T178530A123636329. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178530A123636329.en . Accessed on 02 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cnemaspis jacobsoni ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. 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).

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