Cnemaspis argus, also known commonly as the Argus gecko, the Argus rock gecko, Dring's gecko, and the Lawit Mountain rock gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. argus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis argus Dring, 1979
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Etymology
editThe specific name, argus, refers to Argus, the many-eyed giant in Greek mythology, an allusion to the ocelli (eye-spots) of this species.[3]
Geographic range
editC. argus is found in northern Terengganu state, Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of C. argus is forest with large granite rocks, at altitudes of 40–790 m (130–2,590 ft)[1]
Description
editC. argus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).[2]
Behavior
editReproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Grismer, L.; Quah, E. (2018). "Cnemaspis argus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178263A100360013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178263A100360013.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Cnemaspis argus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis argus, p. 11).
Further reading
edit- Dring JCM (1979). "Amphibians and reptiles from northern Trengganu, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new geckos: Cnemaspis and Cyrtodactylus ". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology series 34 (5): 181–241. (Cnemaspis argus, new species, pp. 218–222 + Plate 1, figure a).
- Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cnemaspis argus, p. 62). (in German).