''Cnemaspis monachorum'', also known
commonly as the monks' rock 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
Malaysia.
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 ...
, ''monachorum'' (masculine, genitive, plural), is in honor of the
monks at Wat Wanarum,
Peninsular Malaysia.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cnemaspis monachorum'', p. 182).]
Geographic range
''C. monachorum'' is found in
Pulau Langkawi
Langkawi, officially known by its sobriquet Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah ( ms, Langkawi Permata Kedah ), is a duty-free island and an archipelago of 99 islands (plus five small islands visible only at low tide in the Strait of Malacca) locate ...
,
Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia.
Description
''C. monachorum'' is a small species. Maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for females is . Males are even smaller, with a maximum SVL of only .
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References
Further reading
* Grismer, L. Lee; Ahmad, Norhayati; Chan Kin Onn; Belabut, Diacus; Muin, M.A.; Wood, Perry L., Jr.; Grismer, Jesse L. (2009). "Two new diminutive species of ''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 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia". ''Zootaxa'' 2019: 40–56. (''Cnemaspis monachorum'', new species).
*Grismer, L. Lee; Quah, Evan S. H. (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". ''Zootaxa'' 4545 (2): 230–248.
Cnemaspis
Reptiles described in 2009
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