Dring's rock gecko
Dring's rock gecko (Cnemaspis dringi ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Borneo.[1]
| Dring's rock gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. dringi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis dringi | |
Etymology
The specific name, dringi, is in honor of British herpetologist Julian Christopher Mark Dring (born 1951).[2]
References
- "Cnemaspis dringi ". 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 dringi, p. 75).
Further reading
- Das I, Bauer AM (1998). "Systematics and biogeography of Bornean geckos of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Geckonidae), with the description of a new species". Raffles Bull. Zool. 46 (1): 11–28. (Cnemaspis dringi, new species).
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