''Cnemaspis modiglianii'' is a
species
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of
gecko
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Geckos ar ...
, a
lizard
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in the
family
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Gekkonidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to
Indonesia
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.
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 ...
, ''modiglianii'', is in honor of Italian anthropologist
Elio Modigliani
Elio Modigliani (13 June 1860 – 6 August 1932) was an Italian anthropologist, zoologist, explorer, and plant collector.
Biography
The son of a Florentine banker, he first made his name in the Italian scientific community at the age of 20, wh ...
.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cnemaspis modiglianii'', p. 181).]
Geographic range
In Indonesia ''C. modiglianii'' is found on
Enggano Island
Enggano Island is about 100 km (60 mi) southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia, though it can also be considered a barrier island of Sumatra.
Enggano is about long from ea ...
and on the islands of the
Mentawai Archipelago.
Description
The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length for ''C. modiglianii'' is .
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Reproduction
''C. modiglianii'' 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 ...
.[
]
References
Further reading
* Das I (2005). "Revision of the Genus ''Cnemaspis'' Strauch
Strauch, a German word meaning ''bush'' or ''shrub'', is a surname. Notable people with it include:
* Adolfo Strauch, (b. 1948), survivor of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash
* Adolph Strauch (1822–1883), landscape architect
* Aegidius S ...
, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species". ''Journal of Herpetology'' 39 (2): 233–247. (''Cnemaspis modiglianii'', new species).
modiglianii
Reptiles described in 2005
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