''Cnemaspis argus'', also known
commonly as the Argus gecko, the Argus rock gecko, Dring's gecko, and the Lawit Mountain rock gecko, is a species of
lizard
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in the
family Gekkonidae. The species is
endemic to
Peninsular Malaysia.
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Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''argus'', refers to
Argus
Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word ''Argos''. It may refer to:
Greek mythology
* See Argus (Greek myth) for mythological characters named Argus
**Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe
**Argus (son of Ar ...
, the many-eyed giant in Greek mythology, an allusion to the ocelli (eye-spots) of this species.
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cnemaspis argus'', p. 11).
Geographic range
''C. argus'' is found in northern
Terengganu state, Peninsular Malaysia.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''C. argus'' is forest with large granite rocks, at altitudes of
Description
''C. argus'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .[
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Behavior
''C. argus'' is diurnal.
Reproduction
''C. argus'' is oviparous
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References
Further reading
* Dring JCM (1979). "Amphibians and reptiles from northern Trengganu, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new geckos: ''Cnemaspis'' and ''Cyrtodactylus'' ". ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology series'' 34 (5): 181–241. (''Cnemaspis argus'', new species, pp. 218–222 + Plate 1, figure a).
* Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". ''Zootaxa'' 4545 (2): 230–248.
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Cnemaspis argus'', p. 62). (in German).
argus
Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word ''Argos''. It may refer to:
Greek mythology
* See Argus (Greek myth) for mythological characters named Argus
**Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe
**Argus (son of Ar ...
Reptiles described in 1979
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