Cnemaspis anandani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: Cnemaspis anandani

Name

Cnemaspis anandani Murthy, Nitesh, Sengupta & Deepak, 2019: 212

• Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/2958, adult ♂, collected by A. Nitesh, B.H. Channakeshava Murthy and R. Venkitesan on 24 July 2017.
• Type locality: “Horasholai (N 11.416; E 76.82 elevation 1,990 mtrs.) from the culvert passage below the road, which is close to a tea estate. The locality is about 6.2 kms from Kothagiri village, Nilgiri district, Tamil Nadu of the Western Ghats region”.

References

Primary references

• Murthy, B.H.C., Nitesh, A., Sengupta, S. & Deepak, P. 2019. A new species of Day Gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata : Gekkonidae) from the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119(3): 221–226. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/143339 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis anandani. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 February 2023.
• Murthy, B.H.C. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis anandani  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T158645960A158646514. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T158645960A158646514.en. Accessed on 23 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Anandan’s Day Gecko