Cnemaspis kumarasinghei
| Cnemaspis kumarasinghei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scleroglossa |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. kumarasinghei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis kumarasinghei Mendis Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007 | |
Cnemaspis kumarasinghei, commonly known as Kumarasinghe's day gecko, is a species of diurnal gecko endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.
Etymology
The specific name, kumarasinghei, is in honor of Sri Lankan wildlife ranger Siril Kumarasinghe, who was killed in the line of duty in 2007.[1]
References
- ↑ 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 kumarasinghei, p. 148).
External links
- http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cnemaspis&species=kumarasinghei
- http://eol.org/pages/789695/overview
- http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/Cnemaspis_kumarasinghei
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