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Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cnemaspis caudanivea, also known as the Hon Tre Island rock gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to southern Vietnam around Hon Tre Island, Kiên Giang Province and lives at a 100-meter elevation.[1]
Cnemaspis caudanivea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cnemaspis |
Species: | C. caudanivea |
Binomial name | |
Cnemaspis caudanivea (Grismer & Ngo, 2007) | |
In Latin, cauda is translated into "tail", while niveus is an adjective meaning "of snow or snow like". Therefore, C. caudanivea's specific epithet describes its snow-colored tail.
C. caudanivea's tail is brilliant white in colour.
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