Beddome's day gecko (''Cnemaspis beddomei'') is a species of

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

in the Family Gekkonidae endemic to India.

Etymology

''C. beddomei'' is named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830–1911, a British army officer and botanist.

Geographic range

''C. beddomei'' is found in the Western Ghats, India. The type locality is South Tinnevelly and Travankor hills at elevation of 914 - 1,524 m" Theobald W (1876). (3000 - 5000 feet).

Ecology

''C. beddomei'' is diurnal and is found under rocks in forests; it feeds mainly on insects.

Reproduction

''C. beddomei'' is

oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...

Conservation status

The exact threats to ''C. beddomei'' are unknown but may be human disturbance. However, it exists in protected areas Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve and Meghamalai.

References

* Beddome RH (1870). "Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency". ''Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science'' 1: 30–35. (''Gymnodactylus marmoratus'', new species, p. 31). * Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ''. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (''Gonatodes marmoratus'', p. 67 + Plate VI, figure 4). *Boulenger GA (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Gonatodes marmoratus'', p. 76). * Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Cnemaspis beddomei'', p. 62). (in German). * Smith MA (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Cnemaspis beddomei'', p. 71). * Theobald W (1876). ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India''. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. x + 238 pp. + Synopsis, i–xxxviii pp. + Appendix i–xiii pp. (''Gymnodactylus beddomei'', new species, pp. 88–89).

External links

* Cnemaspis Reptiles of India Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats Reptiles described in 1870 {{Cnemaspis-stub