Cnemaspis kumpoli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. kumpoli
Binomial name
Cnemaspis kumpoli
Taylor, 1963

Cnemaspis kumpoli, also known commonly as Kumpol's rock gecko or the Trang Province gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Malay peninsula.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, kumpoli, is in honor of Nai Kumpol Isarankura, who was Curator of Zoological Specimens at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.[2]

Geographic range

C. kumpoli is found in West Malaysia (Perlis, Selangor) and southern Thailand (Satun, Songkhla, Trang).[1]

Reproduction

C. kumpoli is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cnemaspis kumpoli ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis kumpoli, p. 148).

Further reading

  • Grismer LL (2011). Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira. 728 pp. ISBN 978-3899734843.
  • Taylor EH (1963). "The Lizards of Thailand". Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687–1077. (Cnemaspis kumpoli, new species, pp. 746–749, Figure 12).
  • Ulber T, Schäfer C (1986). "Beobachtungen in Biotop von Cnemaspis kumpoli Taylor, 1963 mit einer Wiederbeschreibung der Art [=Observations on the biotope of Cnemaspis kumpoli Taylor, 1963 with a redescription of the species]". Sauria 8 (4): 27–30. (in German).


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