Cnemaspis whittenorum is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia.[1]

Cnemaspis whittenorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. whittenorum
Binomial name
Cnemaspis whittenorum
Das, 2005

Etymology

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The specific name, whittenorum (genitive plural), is in honor of zoologists Anthony John Whitten and Jane E. J. Whitten, husband and wife.[2]

Description

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C. whittenorum is a small species. Maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 32 mm (1.3 in).[1]

Reproduction

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C. whittenorum is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Species Cnemaspis whittenorum at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ 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 whittenorum, p. 284).

Further reading

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  • Das I (2005). "Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species". Journal of Herpetology 39 (2): 233–247. (Cnemaspis whittenorum, new species).