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Cnemaspis argus

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Species of lizard

Cnemaspis argus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: C. argus
Binomial name
Cnemaspis argus
Dring, 1979

Cnemaspis argus, also known commonly as the Argus gecko, the Argus rock gecko, Dring's gecko, and the Lawit Mountain rock gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, argus, refers to Argus, the many-eyed giant in Greek mythology, an allusion to the ocelli (eye-spots) of this species.

Geographic range

C. argus is found in northern Terengganu state, Peninsular Malaysia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. argus is forest with large granite rocks, at altitudes of 40–790 m (130–2,590 ft)

Description

C. argus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).

Behavior

C. argus is diurnal.

Reproduction

C. argus is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Grismer, L.; Quah, E. (2018). "Cnemaspis argus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178263A100360013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178263A100360013.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Cnemaspis argus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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 argus, p. 11).

Further reading

  • Dring JCM (1979). "Amphibians and reptiles from northern Trengganu, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new geckos: Cnemaspis and Cyrtodactylus ". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology series 34 (5): 181–241. (Cnemaspis argus, new species, pp. 218–222 + Plate 1, figure a).
  • Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cnemaspis argus, p. 62). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Cnemaspis argus


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