The Indian day gecko or Nilgiri dwarf gecko (''Cnemaspis indica'') is a species of
diurnal and
insectivorous
A robber fly eating a hoverfly
An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which can also refer to the human practice of eating insects.
The first vertebrate insectivores were ...
, rock-dwelling
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 high elevation (> 1800 m asl) grasslands and
montane forests of the
Western Ghats ranges in
South India, such as the
Nilgiri Hills (including
Ooty and
Mukurthi National Park) and the
Silent Valley National Park) in
Tamil Nadu and
Kerala states, respectively.
References
* Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
* Gray, J. E. 1846 Descriptions of some new species of Indian Lizards. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1)18: 429-430
* Bhupathy S, Nixon, A.M.A.2002 Communal egg laying by Cnemaspis indica in Mukuruthi National Park, Western Ghats, India. J Bombay Nat Hist Soc,99(2), 332.
Cnemaspis
Reptiles described in 1846
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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