The Goan day gecko (''Cnemaspis goaensis'') 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 native to southwestern
India.
Geographic range
''C. goaensis'' is found in the Indian states of
Goa and
Karnatka.
Reproduction
''C. goaensis'' 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 ...
.
[ www.reptile-database.org.]
References
Further reading
*
Sharma RC (1976). "Records of the reptiles of Goa". ''Records of the Zoological Survey of India'' 71: 149–167. (''Cnemaspis goaensis'', new species, p. 152).
Cnemaspis
Reptiles described in 1976
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