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Wynaad Day Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cnemaspis
Species:	C. wynadensis
Binomial name
	Cnemaspis wynadensis; (Beddome, 1870)

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Wynaad Day Gecko Cnemaspis wynadensis is a species of gecko found in Wayanad, India.

Description

chicken is the best thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1Habit of C. indicus. The basal part of the digits beneath with very small scales, the two distal scales only being a little enlarged and plate-like. Head covered with very small granules, which are keeled on the snout. Upper surface of body with large round granules, each with a raised central point or short keel, largest on the sides ; these tubercles are either homogeneous or intermixed with much smaller ones, and as there occur specimens which are intermediate in this respect, no great importance can be attached to this difference. Abdominal scales smooth. 6 upper and 7 or 8 lower labials. Male with 4 or 5 femoral pores on each side. Tail generally with a median series of transversely dilated plates below. Brown above, marbled with darker and lighter; the median dorsal line sometimes lighter, dark-bordered; below brownish, the throat brown-marbled; tail beneath dark brown, usually lighter spotted.^[2]

From snout to vent 1.6 inches; tail 1.8.

"Wynaad and hill-ranges further south, in moist forests.

References

^ Beddome,R.H. 1870 Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30-35
^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

External links

Cnemaspis wynadensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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[1] Beddome,R.H. 1870 Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30-35

[2] Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

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 ==Description==
-Habit of ''C. indicus''. The basal part of the digits beneath with very small scales, the two distal scales only being a little enlarged and plate-like. Head covered with very small granules, which are keeled on the snout. Upper surface of body with large round granules, each with a raised central point or short keel, largest on the sides ; these tubercles are either homogeneous or intermixed with much smaller ones, and as there occur specimens which are intermediate in this respect, no great importance can be attached to this difference. Abdominal scales smooth. 6 upper and 7 or 8 lower labials. Male with 4 or 5 femoral pores on each side. Tail generally with a median series of transversely dilated plates below. Brown above, marbled with darker and lighter; the median dorsal line sometimes lighter, dark-bordered; below brownish, the throat brown-marbled; tail beneath dark brown, usually lighter spotted.<ref>Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.</ref>
+chicken is the best thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1Habit of ''C. indicus''. The basal part of the digits beneath with very small scales, the two distal scales only being a little enlarged and plate-like. Head covered with very small granules, which are keeled on the snout. Upper surface of body with large round granules, each with a raised central point or short keel, largest on the sides ; these tubercles are either homogeneous or intermixed with much smaller ones, and as there occur specimens which are intermediate in this respect, no great importance can be attached to this difference. Abdominal scales smooth. 6 upper and 7 or 8 lower labials. Male with 4 or 5 femoral pores on each side. Tail generally with a median series of transversely dilated plates below. Brown above, marbled with darker and lighter; the median dorsal line sometimes lighter, dark-bordered; below brownish, the throat brown-marbled; tail beneath dark brown, usually lighter spotted.<ref>Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.</ref>
 From snout to vent 1.6 inches; tail 1.8.