The coastal day gecko (''Cnemaspis littoralis'') is a species of

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 ...

found in the Western Ghats of India.

Distribution

This gecko occurs in Malabar, Nilambur, and Nellakota, on the west side of the Nilgiris; it is found on trees in dry teak forests. Jerdon's type specimen was obtained in a warehouse on the seacoast.Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

References

* Beddome, R.H. 1871 Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci., 4: 401-404 eprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 324–326, 1940. * Jerdon, T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 1. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii [1853 462-479 * Vivek Philip Cyriac & P.K. Umesh 2013 Current status of ''Cnemaspis littoralis'' (Jerdon, 1853) (Sauris: Gekkonidae) with Designatio of a Neotype. Taprobanica 5 (1): 36–43. Cnemaspis Reptiles described in 1854 {{Cnemaspis-stub