Cnemaspis mcguirei
Appearance
Cnemaspis mcguirei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cnemaspis |
Species: | C. mcguirei
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Binomial name | |
Cnemaspis mcguirei |
Cnemaspis mcguirei, also known commonly as McGuire's rock gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Malaysia.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, mcguirei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jimmy A. McGuire.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Species Cnemaspis mcguirei at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 mcguirei, p. 173).
Further reading
[edit]- Grismer, L. Lee; Grismer, Jesse L.; Wood, Perry L., Jr; Chan Kin Onn (2008). "The distribution, taxonomy, and redescription of the geckos Cnemaspis affinis (Stoliczka 1887) and C. flavolineata (Nicholls 1949) with descriptions of a new montane species and two new lowland, karst-dwelling species from Peninsular Malaysia". Zootaxa 1931: 1-24. (Cnemaspis macguirei, new species).