Tioman Island rock gecko

The Tioman Island rock gecko (Cnemaspis limi ), also known commonly as the Tioman round-eyed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.

Tioman Island rock gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. limi
Binomial name
Cnemaspis limi
Das & Grismer, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, limi, is in honour of zoologist Kok Peng "Kelvin" Lim (born 1966) of the Raffles Museum, Singapore.[2]

Geographic range

C. limi is found only on Tioman Island (also called Pulau Tioman) in Western Malaysia.[3]

Reproduction

C. limi is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Grismer, L. (2018). "Cnemaspis limi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178618A103046220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178618A103046220.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 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 limi, p. 158).
  3. Species Cnemaspis limi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Das I, Grismer LL (2003). "Two New Species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Seribuat Archipelago, Pahang and Johor States, West Malaysia". Herpetologica 59 (4): 544–552. (Cnemaspis limi, new species).
  • Grismer LL (2011). Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 728 pp. ISBN 978-3899734843.
  • Grossman W, Tillack F (2004). "Pulau Tioman – Perle im Südchinesischen Meer, Teil 1 ". Reptilia (Münster) 9 (50): 42–49. (in German).


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