Coastal day gecko | |
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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. littoralis
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Binomial name | |
Cnemaspis littoralis (
Jerdon, 1854)
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The coastal day gecko (Cnemaspis littoralis) is a species of gecko found in the Western Ghats of India.
This gecko occurs in Malabar, Nilambur, and Nellakota, on the west side of the Nilgiris; it is found on trees in dry teak forests. Jerdon's type specimen was obtained in a warehouse on the seacoast. [2]