The Tioman Island rock gecko (''Cnemaspis limi''), also known
commonly as the Tioman round-eyed gecko, 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
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 ...
, ''limi'', is in honour of zoologist
Kok Peng "Kelvin" Lim (born 1966) of the
Raffles Museum,
Singapore.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cnemaspis limi'', p. 158).]
Geographic range
''C. limi'' is found only on
Tioman Island (also called Pulau Tioman) in
Western Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...
.
[. www.reptile-database.org.]
Reproduction
''C. limi'' 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 ...
.
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References
Further reading
* Das I, Grismer LL (2003). "Two New 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 the Seribuat Archipelago, Pahang and Johor States, West Malaysia". ''Herpetologica'' 59 (4): 544–552. (''Cnemaspis limi'', new species).
*Grismer LL (2011). ''Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos''. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 728 pp. .
* Grossman W, Tillack F (2004). "''Pulau Tioman – Perle im Südchinesischen Meer, Teil 1'' ". ''Reptilia (Münster)'' 9 (50): 42–49. (in German).
limi
Reptiles described in 2003
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