''Cnemaspis boulengerii'', also known
commonly as Boulenger's rock gecko or the Con Dao round eyed gecko, 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. The species is
endemic to
Côn Sơn Island (also called Pulo Condore) in southern
Vietnam.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''boulengerii'', is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...
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Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cnemaspis boulengerii'', p. 34).
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitats of ''C. boulengerii'' are
forest, rocky areas, and caves.
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Description
Dorsally, ''C. boulengerii'' is tan, with a few large roundish black spots on the shoulders and nape.[ Ventrally it is grayish white.][ Smith MA (1935).] The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is .[ The tail is about 10% longer than SVL.][
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Reproduction
''C. boulengerii'' 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 ...
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References
Further reading
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Cnemaspis boulengerii'', p. 62). (in German).
* Smith MA (1921). "Reptiles and Batrachians collected on Pulo Condore". ''Journal of the Natural History Socierty of Siam'' 4: 93–97 + one plate. (''Gonatodes glaucus'', new species, pp. 95–96 + plate, figures 3 & 3a).
*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 & Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + two maps. ("''Cnemaspis boulengeri'' ic, pp. 76–77).
* Strauch A (1887). "''Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg'' ". ''Mémoires de l'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg, Septième Série'' 35 (2): 1–72 + index + one plate. (''Cnemaspis boulengerii'', new species, pp. 42–43 + plate, figures 7–9). (in German).
Cnemaspis
Reptiles described in 1887
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