Cnemaspis kumarasinghei, commonly known as Kumarasinghe's day gecko, is a species of diurnal gecko in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.
| Cnemaspis kumarasinghei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. kumarasinghei
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| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis kumarasinghei Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007
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Etymology edit
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]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ 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 kumarasinghei, p. 148).
- ^ "Cnemaspis kumarasinghei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cnemaspis&species=kumarasinghei
Further reading edit
- Wickramasinghe, L. J. M., Munindradasa, D. A. I. (2007). "Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species". Zootaxa 1490: 1-63. (Cnemaspis kumarasinghei, new species, pp. 7-8).