Indian day gecko [SEP] parent taxon
Indian day gecko
The Indian day gecko or Nilgiri dwarf gecko ("Cnemaspis indica") is a species of gecko found in India (Nilgiri Hills/Travancore).
References.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
- Gray, J. E. 1846 Descriptions of some new species of Indian Lizards. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1)18: 429
Crenadactylus horni
Crenadactylus horni, the Central Uplands clawless gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to the central desert region of Australia.
Taxonomy.
A species proposed by Arthur H. S. Lucas and Charles Frost, given the name "Ebenavia horni" to ally the taxon to a clawless gecko species found in Madagascar, basing their description on material collected on the Horn expedition to central Australia. The taxon was later placed as a subspecies of "Crenadactylus ocellatus", but re-elevated to species status in a revision