Cnemaspis jacobsoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. jacobsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis jacobsoni Das, 2005
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Cnemaspis jacobsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Indonesia.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, jacobsoni, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944).[3]
Geographic range
C. jacobsoni is endemic to the island of Simeulue, Indonesia.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. jacobsoni is forest.[1]
Description
Small for its genus, C. jacobsoni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3 cm (1.2 in).[2] Males have neither femoral pores nor preanal pores.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c Iskandar, D.; Kamsi, M.; Amarasinghe, A.; Richman, N.; Böhm, M. (2021). "Cnemaspis jacobsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178530A123636329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178530A123636329.en. Accessed on 02 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Cnemaspis jacobsoni ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ 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 jacobsoni, p. 132).
Further reading
- 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 jacobsoni, new species).