Kolhapur day gecko

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Kolhapur day gecko
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. kolhapurensis
Binomial name
Cnemaspis kolhapurensis
(Giri, Bauer & Gaikwad, 2009)

The Kolhapur day gecko (Cnemaspis kolhapurensis) [2] is a species of gecko described from the hills in Kolhapur in Maharashtra, India.

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References

  1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Cnemaspis kolhapurensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T172585A1346782. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172585A1346782.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Giri, Varad B.; Aaron M. Bauer; Kshamata S. Gaikwad (21 July 2009). "A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2164: 49–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2164.1.5. ISSN   1175-5334 . Retrieved 2009-07-27.