Cnemaspis modiglianii
| Cnemaspis modiglianii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. modiglianii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis modiglianii Das, 2005
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Cnemaspis modiglianii is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, modiglianii, is in honor of Italian anthropologist Elio Modigliani.[2]
Geographic distribution
[edit]In Indonesia Cnemaspis modiglianii is found on Enggano Island and on the islands of the Mentawai Archipelago.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Cnemaspis modiglianii is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for Cnemaspis modiglianii is 33.6 mm (1.32 in).[3]
Reproduction
[edit]Cnemaspis modiglianii is oviparous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Iskandar, D.; Amarasinghe, A.; Riyanto, A. (2021). "Cnemaspis modiglianii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104683329A104718356.en. Accessed on 06 November 2025.
- ^ 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 modiglianii, p. 181).
- ^ a b c Species Cnemaspis modiglianii at The Reptile Database
Further reading
[edit]- Das, I. (2005). "Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 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 modiglianii, new species).
- Das, I. (2010). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-east Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali. London: New Holland Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1847733474. 376 pp.