Ranwella's day gecko
| Ranwella's day gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. ranwellai |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis ranwellai Wickramasinghe, 2006 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ranwella's day gecko, Cnemaspis ranwellai, is a species of gecko in the subfamily Gekkoninae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka.[2]
Taxonomy
Cnemaspis ranwellai was described as a species new to science by L.J.M. Wickramasinghe in 2006.[2] However, in 2007, after further review, Wickramsinghe and Munindradasa determined that C. ranwellai is a synonym of C. scalpensis.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, ranwellai, is in honor of Sri Lankan herpetologist Sanjeewa Ranwella (1965–2003).[4]
References
- ↑ "Cnemaspis scalpensis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 Wickramasinghe LJM (2006). "A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka". Zootaxa 1369: 19-33. (Cnemaspis ranwellai, new species).
- ↑ Wickramasinghe LJM, Munindradasa DAI (2007). "Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species". Zootaxa 1490: 1-63.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis ranwellai, p. 217).
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