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Rough-bellied Day Gecko

Cnemaspis tropidogaster

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Description:

took In Dhobagaskandha Natural Reserve Forest
Distribution in the southern Western Ghats is patchy and relatively uncommon. Active during the day. Distinct head, elongated snout, keeled ventral scales; dark brown dorsal side with transverse arrangement of light and dark variegations. Pale brown/cream underside with spiny tubercles on body sides. Males have 2-4 and 3-6 preanal and femoral pores respectively

is a species of day gecko found in the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

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Rough-bellied Day Gecko Cnemaspis tropidogaster is a species of day gecko found in the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

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PublishedJuly 5, 2011

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