Tioman Island rock gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. limi
Binomial name
Cnemaspis limi
Das & Grismer, 2003

The Tioman Island rock gecko (Cnemaspis limi), also known commonly as the Tioman round-eyed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, limi, is in honour of zoologist Kok Peng "Kelvin" Lim (born 1966) of the Raffles Museum, Singapore.[2]

Geographic range

C. limi is found only on Tioman Island (also called Pulau Tioman) in Western Malaysia.[3]

Reproduction

C. limi is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. Grismer, L. (2018). "Cnemaspis limi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178618A103046220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178618A103046220.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  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 limi, p. 158).
  3. 1 2 Species Cnemaspis limi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Das I, Grismer LL (2003). "Two New Species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 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. ISBN 978-3899734843.
  • Grossman W, Tillack F (2004). "Pulau Tioman – Perle im Südchinesischen Meer, Teil 1 ". Reptilia (Münster) 9 (50): 42–49. (in German).


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