''Cnemaspis kumarasinghei'',
commonly known as Kumarasinghe's day gecko, is a
species of diurnal
gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from .
Geckos ar ...
in the
family Gekkonidae. The species is
endemic to the island of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
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 ...
, ''kumarasinghei'', is in honor of Sri Lankan wildlife ranger Siril Kumarasinghe, who was killed in the line of duty in 2007.
Reproduction
''C. kumarasinghei'' 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 ...
.
["''Cnemaspis kumarasinghei'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cnemaspis&species=kumarasinghei]
References
Further reading
*
Wickramasinghe, L. J. M.,
Munindradasa, D. A. I. (2007). "Review of the genus ''Cnemaspis'' Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species". ''Zootaxa'' 1490: 1-63. (''Cnemaspis kumarasinghei'', new species, pp. 7-8).
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kumarasinghei
Reptiles of Sri Lanka
Reptiles described in 2007