Cnemaspis modiglianii

Cnemaspis modiglianii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cnemaspis
Species:	C. modiglianii
Binomial name
Cnemaspis modiglianii Das, 2005

Cnemaspis modiglianii is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, modiglianii, is in honor of Italian anthropologist Elio Modigliani. ^[2]

Geographic distribution

In Indonesia Cnemaspis modiglianii is found on Enggano Island and on the islands of the Mentawai Archipelago. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Cnemaspis modiglianii is forest. ^[1]

Description

The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for Cnemaspis modiglianii is 33.6 mm (1.32 in). ^[3]

Reproduction

Cnemaspis modiglianii is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Iskandar, D.; Amarasinghe, A.; Riyanto, A. (2021). "Cnemaspis modiglianii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104683329A104718356.en. Accessed on 06 November 2025.
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 modiglianii, p. 181).
3. Species Cnemaspis modiglianii at The Reptile Database

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 Herpetology39 (2): 233–247. (Cnemaspis modiglianii, new species).
• Das, I. (2010). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-east Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali. London: New Holland Publishers Ltd. ISBN   978-1847733474. 376 pp.