''Cnemaspis jacobsoni'' 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 ...
, a
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 native to
Indonesia.
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 ...
, ''jacobsoni'', is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944).
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cnemaspis jacobsoni'', p. 132).]
Geographic range
''C. jacobsoni'' is
endemic to the island of
Simeulue, Indonesia.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''C. jacobsoni'' is forest.
Description
Small for its genus, ''C. jacobsoni'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .[ Males have neither femoral pores nor preanal pores.][
]
Reproduction
''C. jacobsoni'' 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 jacobsoni'', new species).
jacobsoni
Reptiles described in 2005
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