Coastal day gecko

The coastal day gecko (Cnemaspis littoralis) is a species of gecko found in the Western Ghats of India.

Distribution 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.Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

References

Beddome, R.H. 1871 Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci., 4: 401-404 [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 324–326, 1940. Jerdon, T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 1. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii : 462-479 Vivek Philip Cyriac & P.K. Umesh 2013 Current status of Cnemaspis littoralis (Jerdon, 1853) (Sauris: Gekkonidae) with Designatio of a Neotype. Taprobanica 5 (1): 36–43.