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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Beddome's day gecko
|status = DD
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal|author=[[Chelmala Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu C]], [[Bhargavi Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu B]]|title=''Cnemaspis beddomei ''|journal=[[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]]|volume=2013|page=e.T172640A1357426|publisher=[[IUCN]]|date=2013|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/172640/0|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172640A1357426.en|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
|taxon = Cnemaspis beddomei
|authority = ([[William Theobald|Theobald]], 1876)
|synonyms = *''Gymnodactylus marmoratus'' {{small|[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], 1870}} (preoccupied)
*''Gymnodactylus beddomei'' {{small|Theobald, 1876}} (''[[nomen novum]]'')
*''Gonatodes marmoratus'' {{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1885}}
*''Cnemaspis beddomei'' {{small|— [[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1935}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB>"''Cnemaspis beddomei'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
}}

'''Beddome's day gecko''' (''Cnemaspis beddomei)'' is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].

==Etymology==
''C. beddomei'' is named after [[Richard Henry Beddome]], 1830–1911, a British army officer and botanist.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Cnemaspis beddomei'', p. 21).</ref>

==Geographic range==
''C. beddomei'' is found in the [[Western Ghats]], [[India]].<ref name=IUCN/>

The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is "South Tinnevelly and Travankor hills 3-5000 feet"<ref>[[William Theobald|Theobald W]] (1876).</ref> (914-1,524 meters).


==Ecology==
''C. beddomei'' is [[Diurnality|diurnal]] and is found under rocks in [[forest]]s; it feeds mainly on insects.<ref name=IUCN/>

==Reproduction==
''C. beddomei'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>

==Conservation status==
The exact threats to ''C. beddomei'' are unknown but may be human disturbance. However, it exists in protected areas [[Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve]] and [[Meghamalai]].<ref name=IUCN/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome RH]] (1870). "Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency". ''Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science'' '''1''': 30–35. (''Gymnodactylus marmoratus'', new species, p. 31).
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ''. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (''Gonatodes marmoratus'', p. 67 + Plate VI, figure 4).
*Boulenger GA (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Gonatodes marmoratus'', p. 76).
*[[Herbert Rösler (herpetologist)|Rösler H]] (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' '''2''': 28–153. (''Cnemaspis beddomei'', p. 62). (in German).
*[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Cnemaspis beddomei'', p. 71).
*[[William Theobald|Theobald W]] (1876). ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India''. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. x + 238 pp. + Synopsis, i–xxxviii pp. + Appendix i–xiii pp. (''Gymnodactylus beddomei'', new species, pp. 88–89).

==External links==
*{{NRDB species|genus=Cnemaspis|species=beddomei}}

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[[Category:Cnemaspis]]
[[Category:Reptiles of India]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1870]]

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