Nilgiri Round-eyed Gecko
Cnemaspis nilagirica
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Reptiles
The Nilgiri day gecko is a species of gecko endemic to southern India. It was formerly known only from a single female specimen collected in 1885 that was misidentified as a variety of the Kandyan day gecko by George Albert Boulenger, who used it as a syntype for his description of the variety. After a living population was not reported for over 130 years, a live male was collected in 2019, marking the first collection of a male specimen of C. nilagirica.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Cnemaspis