The Tioman Island rock gecko (Cnemaspis limi), also known commonly as the Tioman round-eyed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.
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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. limi
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| Cnemaspis limi | |
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Etymology
editThe specific name, limi, is in honour of zoologist Kok Peng "Kelvin" Lim (born 1966) of the Raffles Museum, Singapore.[2]
Geographic range
editC. limi is found only on Tioman Island (also called Pulau Tioman) in Western Malaysia.[3]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ Grismer, L. (2018). "Cnemaspis limi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178618A103046220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178618A103046220.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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 limi, p. 158).
- ^ a b Species Cnemaspis limi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Das I, Grismer LL (2003). "Two New Species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Seribuat Archipelago, Pahang and Johor States, West Malaysia". Herpetologica 59 (4): 544–552. (Cnemaspis limi, new species).
- Grismer LL (2011). Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 728 pp. ISBN 978-3899734843.
- Grossman W, Tillack F (2004). "Pulau Tioman – Perle im Südchinesischen Meer, Teil 1 ". Reptilia (Münster) 9 (50): 42–49. (in German).