Coastal Day Gecko Cnemaspis littoralis is a species of gecko

Gecko

Geckos are lizards belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 cm to 60 cm....

 found in the Western Ghats

Western Ghats

The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...

 of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Description

Habit very slender. Head long; snout pointed, much longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, 1.6 to 1.75 times diameter of orbit; forehead very slightly concave; ear opening small, oval, vertical. The hind limb does not reach beyond axilla. Digits strongly dilated at the base, with large plates beneath; the distal plate is the largest, longer than broad, truncated anteriorly, upper surface covered with equal smooth granules, minute on the back, much larger on the snout; a few very small subcortical tubercles are scattered on the flanks. Rostral large, quadrangular, twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above; nostril pierced between the rostral and three nasals; 8 to 10 upper and 6 to 8 lower labials; mental large, broadly triangular, its posterior angle truncated; small chin-shields passing gradually into the small smooth gular granules. Ventral scales hexagonal, imbricate, smooth. Males with. 16 to 18 femoral pores on each side; no prseanal pores. Tail cylindrical, tapering, above with uniform small smooth scales, beneath with a median series of transversely dilated plates. Grey-brown above, generally with a row of lighter dark-edged spots along the back, and a black spot on the nape; nearly always a black line bordering the lower lip, and extending as far as the ear; lower surfaces whitish.
From snout to vent 1.35 inches; tail 1.4.

Distribution

Malabar; Nilambur and Nellakota, on the west side of the Nilgiris; found on trees in dry teak-forests. Jerdon's type specimen was obtained in a warehouse on the seacoast.