Cnemaspis psychedelica: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Cnemaspis
- Species
- Cnemaspis psychedelica
- Scientific Name
- Cnemaspis psychedelica
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cnemaspis psychedelica
Cnemaspis psychedelica, also known as the psychedelic rock gecko (Tac ke duoi vang in Romanized Vietnamese), is an endangered species of gecko, only scientifically described in 2010, and is endemic to Hon Khoai Island and adjacent Hon Tuong Isle in Vietnam. It is up to ~7.5 cm (3 in) in snout–vent length, and (as suggested by its name) it is quite brightly colored in yellow, orange, black and grey-blue.
This diurnal gecko inhabits granite boulders in densely vegetated landscapes where it retreats into crevices or under the rocks if startled. These locations also used for sleeping at night. Each female typically lays two white eggs that are attached 0.3–3.5 m (1–11.5 ft) above the ground to the underside of a rock ledge (in captivity, they will use various elevated surfaces, not just rocks) and several females may use the same location, forming a communal nest with up to ten eggs. Newly hatched young are quite dull, but the adult colours are already evident when two months old.
...Cnemaspis psychedelica in languages:
- English
- Psychedelic Rock Gecko
- English
- Psychedelic Round-eyed Gecko
- Vietnamese
- Tac ke duoi vang
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- Cnemaspis adii
- Cnemaspis affinis
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- Cnemaspis ajijae
- Cnemaspis alwisi
- Cnemaspis amba
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- Cnemaspis amith
- Cnemaspis anamudiensis
- Cnemaspis anandani
- Cnemaspis andalas
- Cnemaspis andersonii
- Cnemaspis anslemi
- Cnemaspis argus
- Cnemaspis assamensis
- Cnemaspis aurantiacopes
- Cnemaspis auriventralis
- Cnemaspis australis
- Cnemaspis avasabinae
- Cnemaspis azhagu
- Cnemaspis balerion
- Cnemaspis bangara
- Cnemaspis baueri
- Cnemaspis bayuensis
- Cnemaspis beddomei
- Cnemaspis bidongensis
- Cnemaspis biocellata
- Cnemaspis boiei
- Cnemaspis boulengeri
- Cnemaspis butewai
- Cnemaspis calderana
- Cnemaspis caudanivea
- Cnemaspis chanardi
- Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis
- Cnemaspis chengodumalaensis
- Cnemaspis dezwaani
- Cnemaspis dissanayakai
- Cnemaspis dringi
- Cnemaspis fantastica
- Cnemaspis flavigaster
- Cnemaspis flavigularis
- Cnemaspis flaviventralis
- Cnemaspis flavolineata
- Cnemaspis galaxia
- Cnemaspis gemunu
- Cnemaspis girii
- Cnemaspis goaensis
- Cnemaspis godagedarai
- Cnemaspis gotaimbarai
- Cnemaspis gracilis
- Cnemaspis graniticola
- Cnemaspis grismeri
- Cnemaspis gunasekarai
- Cnemaspis gunawardanai
- Cnemaspis hangus
- Cnemaspis harimau
- Cnemaspis heteropholis
- Cnemaspis hitihamii
- Cnemaspis huaseesom
- Cnemaspis indica
- Cnemaspis ingerorum
- Cnemaspis jackieii
- Cnemaspis jacobsoni
- Cnemaspis jerdonii
- Cnemaspis kalakadensis
- Cnemaspis kallima
- Cnemaspis kamolnorranathi
- Cnemaspis kandambyi
- Cnemaspis kandiana
- Cnemaspis karsticola
- Cnemaspis kawminiae
- Cnemaspis kendallii
- Cnemaspis kivulegedarai
- Cnemaspis kohukumburai
- Cnemaspis kolhapurensis
- Cnemaspis kotagamai
- Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis
- Cnemaspis koynaensis
- Cnemaspis krishnagiriensis
- Cnemaspis kumarasinghei
- Cnemaspis kumpoli
- Cnemaspis lagang
- Cnemaspis laoensis
- Cnemaspis latha
- Cnemaspis leucura
- Cnemaspis limayei
- Cnemaspis limi
- Cnemaspis lineatubercularis
- Cnemaspis lineogularis
- Cnemaspis lithophilis
- Cnemaspis littoralis
- Cnemaspis lokugei
- Cnemaspis maculicollis
- Cnemaspis magnifica
- Cnemaspis mahabali
- Cnemaspis mahsuriae
- Cnemaspis manoae
- Cnemaspis matahari
- Cnemaspis mcguirei
- Cnemaspis menikay
- Cnemaspis minang
- Cnemaspis modiglianii
- Cnemaspis molligodai
- Cnemaspis monachorum
- Cnemaspis monticola
- Cnemaspis mumpuniae
- Cnemaspis mundanthuraiensis
- Cnemaspis muria
- Cnemaspis mysoriensis
- Cnemaspis nairi
- Cnemaspis nandimithrai
- Cnemaspis narathiwatensis
- Cnemaspis neangthyi
- Cnemaspis nicobaricus
- Cnemaspis nigridia
- Cnemaspis nigriventris
- Cnemaspis nilagirica
- Cnemaspis nilgala
- Cnemaspis nimbus
- Cnemaspis niyomwanae
- Cnemaspis nuicamensis
- Cnemaspis omari
- Cnemaspis ornata
- Cnemaspis otai
- Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis
- Cnemaspis pagai
- Cnemaspis palakkadensis
- Cnemaspis palanica
- Cnemaspis paripari
- Cnemaspis pava
- Cnemaspis pemanggilensis
- Cnemaspis peninsularis
- Cnemaspis perhentianensis
- Cnemaspis phangngaensis
- Cnemaspis phillipsi
- Cnemaspis phuketensis
- Cnemaspis podihuna
- Cnemaspis pseudomcguirei
- Cnemaspis psychedelica
- Cnemaspis pulchra
- Cnemaspis punctata
- Cnemaspis punctatonuchalis
- Cnemaspis purnamai
- Cnemaspis rajabasa
- Cnemaspis rajakarunai
- Cnemaspis rajgadensis
- Cnemaspis rammalensis
- Cnemaspis ranganaensis
- Cnemaspis regalis
- Cnemaspis retigalensis
- Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis
- Cnemaspis roticanai
- Cnemaspis rubraoculus
- Cnemaspis rudhira
- Cnemaspis sakleshpurensis
- Cnemaspis salimalii
- Cnemaspis samanalensis
- Cnemaspis samui
- Cnemaspis scalpensis
- Cnemaspis schalleri
- Cnemaspis selamatkanmerapoh
- Cnemaspis selenolagus
- Cnemaspis shahruli
- Cnemaspis shevaroyensis
- Cnemaspis siamensis
- Cnemaspis silvula
- Cnemaspis similan
- Cnemaspis sirehensis
- Cnemaspis sisparensis
- Cnemaspis smaug
- Cnemaspis stellapulvis
- Cnemaspis stongensis
- Cnemaspis sundagekko
- Cnemaspis sundainsula
- Cnemaspis tanintharyi
- Cnemaspis tapanuli
- Cnemaspis tarutaoensis
- Cnemaspis temiah
- Cnemaspis thachanaensis
- Cnemaspis thackerayi
- Cnemaspis thayawthadangyi
- Cnemaspis tigris
- Cnemaspis tropidogaster
- Cnemaspis tubaensis
- Cnemaspis tucdupensis
- Cnemaspis umashaankeri
- Cnemaspis upendrai
- Cnemaspis uttaraghati
- Cnemaspis vandeventeri
- Cnemaspis vijayae
- Cnemaspis wallaceii
- Cnemaspis whittenorum
- Cnemaspis wicksi
- Cnemaspis wynadensis
- Cnemaspis yelagiriensis
- Cnemaspis yercaudensis
- Cnemaspis zacharyi