Cnemaspis girii
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. girii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis girii Mirza, Pal, Bhosale & Sanap, 2014 | |
Cnemaspis girii is a species of gecko in the genus Cnemaspis described in 2014. The species, found in the forests of the Kaas plateau in Satara district, Maharashtra, India, was discovered by researchers from Bangalore’s National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES). It is named after Dr. Varad Giri of the Bombay Natural History Society.[1]
References
- ↑ Mirza, Zeeshan A.; Pal, Saunak; Bhosale, Harshal S.; Sanap, Rajesh V. (2014). "A new species of gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 from the Western Ghats, India". Zootaxa. 3815 (4): 494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3815.4.2.
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