Cnemaspis

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 (206): C. aaronbaueri – C. aceh – C. adangrawi – C. adii – C. affinis – C. agarwali – C. agayagangai – C. ajijae – C. alwisi – C. amba – C. amboliensis – C. amith – C. anamudiensis – C. anandani – C. andalas – C. andersonii – C. anslemi – C. argus – C. assamensis – C. aurantiacopes – C. auriventralis – C. australis – C. avasabinae – C. azhagu – C. balerion – C. bangara – C. baueri – C. bayuensis – C. beddomei – C. bidongensis – C. biocellata – C. boiei – C. boulengerii – C. butewai – C. calderana – C. caudanivea – C. chanardi – C. chanthaburiensis – C. chengodumalaensis – C. dezwaani – C. dissanayakai – C. dringi – C. fantastica – C. flavigaster – C. flavigularis – C. flaviventralis – C. flavolineata – C. galaxia – C. gemunu – C. ganeshaiahi – C. gemunu – C. girii – C. goaensis – C. godagedarai – C. gotaimbarai – C. gracilis – C. graniticola – C. grismeri – C. gunasekarai – C. gunawardanai – C. hangus – C. harimau – C. heteropholis – C. hitihamii – C. huaseesom – C. indica – C. ingerorum – C. jackieii – C. jacobsoni – C. jayaweerai – C. jerdonii – C. kalakadensis – C. kallima – C. kamolnorranathi – C. kandambyi – C. kandiana – C. karsticola – C. kawminiae – C. kendallii – C. kivulegedarai – C. kohukumburai – C. kolhapurensis – C. kotagamai – C. kottiyoorensis – C. koynaensis – C. krishnagiriensis – C. kumarasinghei – C. kumpoli – C. lagang – C. laoensis – C. latha – C. leucura – C. limayei – C. limi – C. lineatubercularis – C. lineogularis – C. lithophilis – C. littoralis – C. lokugei – C. maculicollis – C. magnifica – C. mahabali – C. mahsuriae – C. manoae – C. matahari – C. mcguirei – C. menikay – C. minang – C. modiglianii – C. molligodai – C. monachorum – C. monticola – C. mumpuniae – C. mundanthuraiensis – C. muria – C. mysoriensis – C. nairi – C. nanayakkarai – C. nandimithrai – C. narathiwatensis – C. neangthyi – C. nicobaricus – C. nigridia – C. nigriventris – C. nilagirica – C. nilgala – C. nimbus – C. niyomwanae – C. nuicamensis – C. omari – C. ornata – C. otai – C. pachaimalaiensis – C. pagai – C. palakkadensis – C. palanica – C. paripari – C. pava – C. pemanggilensis – C. peninsularis – C. perhentianensis – C. phangngaensis – C. phillipsi – C. phuketensis – C. podihuna – C. pseudomcguirei – C. psychedelica – C. pulchra – C. punctata – C. punctatonuchalis – C. purnamai – C. rajabasa – C. rajakarunai – C. rajgadensis – C. rammalensis – C. ranganaensis – C. regalis – C. retigalensis – C. rishivalleyensis – C. roticanai – C. rubraoculus – C. rudhira – C. sakleshpurensis – C. samanalensis – C. salimalii – C. samanalensis – C. samui – C. sathuragiriensis – C. scalpensis – C. schalleri – C. selamatkanmerapoh – C. selenolagus – C. shahruli – C. shevaroyensis – C. siamensis – C. silvula – C. similan – C. sirehensis – C. sisparensis – C. smaug – C. stellapulvis – C. stongensis – C. sundagekko – C. sundainsula – C. tanintharyi – C. tapanuli – C. tarutaoensis – C. temiah – C. thachanaensis – C. thackerayi – C. thayawthadangyi – C. tigris – C. tropidogaster – C. tubaensis – C. tucdupensis – C. umashaankeri – C. upendrai – C. uttaraghati – C. vandeventeri – C. vangoghi – C. vijayae – C. wallaceii – C. whittenorum – C. wicksi – C. wynadensis – C. yelagiriensis – C. yercaudensis – C. zacharyi

Name

Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887

Type species: Cnemaspis boulengerii Strauch, 1887, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Strauch, A.A. 1887. Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg. Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Septième Série 35(2): 1–72. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Das, I. & Bauer, A.M. Two new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(1): 17–28. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-1-17-28 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page.
Giri, V.B., Bauer, A.M. & Gaikwad, K.S. 2009. A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 2164: 49–60. Abstract & excerpt
Grismer, L.L.; Onn, C.K. 2009: A new species of karst dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Sarawak, Borneo. Zootaxa, 2246: 21–31. Abstract & excerpt
Grismer, J.L.; Grismer, L.L.; Chav, T. 2010: New species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southwestern Cambodia. Journal of herpetology, 44: 28–36. DOI: 10.1670/08-211.1
Grismer, L.L. 2010: The first record of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Laos with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2475: 55–63. Preview
Grismer, L.L. et al. 2010: Another new, diminutive Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch) from Peninsular Malaysia and a discussion of resource partitioning in sympatric species pairs. Zootaxa, 2569: 55–66. Preview
Grismer, L.L. et al. 2010: A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa, 2576: 1–55. Preview
Grismer, L.L.; Onn, C.K. 2010: Another new rock gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2419: 51–62. Preview
Grismer, L.L.; Tri, N., van; Grismer, J.L. 2010: A colorful new species of insular rock gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2352: 46–58. Preview
Onn, C.K. et al. 2010: A new endemic rock gecko Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gunung Jerai, Kedah, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2576: 59–68. Preview
Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Mohamed, M., Chan, K.O., Heinz, H.M., Sumarli, A.S.-I., Chan, J.A. & Loredo, A.I. 2013. A new species of karst-adapted Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a threatened karst region in Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3746(3): 463–472. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.3.5 Reference page.
Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Shahrul Anuar M.S. & Muin, M.A. 2013. A new species of lowland karst dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3691(5): 538–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.5.2 Reference page.
Cyriac, V.P. & Umesh, P.K. 2014. Description of a New Ground-Dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Kerala, Allied to C. wynadensis (Beddome, 1870). Russian Journal of Herpetology 21(3): 187–194. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2014-21-3-187-194 [nonfunctional] Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Jr., Ahmad, A.B., Sumarli, A.S.-I., Vazquez, J.J., Ismail, L.H.B., Nance, R., Mohd-Amin, M.A., Othman, M.N.A.B., Rizal, S.A., Kuss, M., Murdoch, M. & Cobos, A. 2014. A new species of insular rock gecko (Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from the Bidong Archipelago, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3755(5): 447–456. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.5.4 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Anuar, S., Riyanto, A., Ahmad, N., Muin, M.A., Sumontha, M., Grismer, J.L., Chan, K.O., Quah, E.S.H. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2014. Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian rock geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Zootaxa 3880(1): 1–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3880.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Harvey, M.B., Riyanto, A. & Smith, E.N. 2015. A New Species of Cnemaspis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. Herpetologica 71(2): 160–167. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00034 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
Srinivasulu, C., Kumar, G.C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2015. A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Northern Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 3947(1): 85–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.5 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr, Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Ngadi, E. & Ahmad, N. 2015. A new insular species of Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Boulenger) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3985(2): 203–218. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.2 Reference page.
Sayyed, A., Pyron, R.A. & Dahanukar, N. 2016. Cnemaspis flaviventralis, a new species of gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(14): 9619–9629. DOI: 10.11609/jott.2599.8.14.9619-9629 Reference page.
Wickramasinghe, M.L.J., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Rathnayake, R.M.G.P. 2016. Cnemaspis rajakarunai sp. nov., a rock dwelling day-gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from Salgala, an unprotected lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4168(1): 92–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.4 Reference page.
Batuwita, S. & Udugampala, S. 2017. Description of a new species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Knuckles Range of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4254(1): 82–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.1.4 Reference page.
Iskandar, D.T., McGuire, J.A. & Amarasinghe, A.A.T. 2017. Description of Five New Day Geckos of Cnemaspis kandiana Group (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sumatra and Mentawai Archipelago, Indonesia. Journal of Herpetology 51(1): 142–153. DOI: 10.1670/15-047 ; PDF; ResearchGate Reference page.
Kurita, T., Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M. & Hikida, T. 2017. A new species of Rock Gecko genus Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western Sarawak, Malaysia. Zootaxa 4258(5): 525–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.2 Reference page.
Riyanto, A., Hamidy, A., Sidik, I. & Gunalen, D. 2017. A new species of rock gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Belitung Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4358(3): 583–597. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.3.12 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
Wood Jr., P.L., Grismer, L.L., Aowphol, A., Aguilar, C.A., Cota, M., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L. & Sites Jr., J.W. 2017. Three new karst-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata; Gekkoniade) from Peninsular Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. punctatonuchalis and C. vandeventeri. PeerJ 5: e2884. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2884 Reference page.
Sayyed, A., Pyron, R.A. & Dileepkumar, R. 2018. Four new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 12(2) [General Section]: 1–29 (e157). Reference page.
Cyriac, V.P., Johny, A., Umesh, P.K. & Palot, M.J. 2018. Description of two new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Zootaxa 4459(1): 85–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.3 Reference page.
Ampai, N., Rujirawan, A., Wood, Jr., P.L., Stuart, B.L. & Aowphol, A. 2019. Morphological and molecular analyses reveal two new insular species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Satun Province, southern Thailand. ZooKeys 858: 127–161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.858.34297 Reference page.
Batuwita, S., Agarwal, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Description of a new diminutive, rupicolous species of day-gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from southern Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4565(2): 223–234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.6 Reference page.
de Silva, A., Bauer, A.M., Botejue, M. & Karunarathna, S. 2019. A new species of endemic day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from a wet zone forest in the second peneplain of Southern Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(1) [General Section]: 198–208 (e177). Reference page.
Karunarathna, S. &, Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2019. A new species of dwarf day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from lower-elevations of Samanala Nature Reserve in Central massif, Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 14–27 (e187). Reference page.
Karunarathna, S., Bauer, A.M., De Silva, A., Surasinghe, T., Somaratna, L., Madawala, M., Gabadage, D., Botejue, M., Henkanaththegedara, S., Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2019. Description of a new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nilgala Savannah forest, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4545(3): 389–407. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.4 Reference page.
Karunarathna, S., Poyarkov, N.A., de Silva, A., Madawala, M., Botejue, M., Gorin, V.A., Surasinghe, T., Gabadage, D., Ukuwela, K.D.B. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Integrative taxonomy reveals six new species of day geckos of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from geographically-isolated hill forests in Sri Lanka. Vertebrate Zoology 69(3): 247–298. DOI: 10.26049/VZ69-3-2019-02 Reference page.
Karunarathna, S., de Silva, A., Botejue, M., Gabadage, D., Somaratna, L., Hettige, A., Aberathna, N., Madawala, M., Edirisinghe, G., Perera, N., Wickramaarachchi, S., Surasinghe, T., Karunarathna, N., Wickramasinghe, M., Ukuwela, K.D.B. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Three new species of day geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from isolated granite cave habitats in Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 323–354 (e216). Reference page.
Khandekar, A. 2019. A new species of rock-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India. Zootaxa 4571(3): 383–397. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.6 Reference page.
Khandekar, A., Gaitonde, N. & Agarwal, I. 2019. Two new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shevaroy massif, Tamil Nadu, India, with a preliminary ND2 phylogeny of Indian Cnemaspis. Zootaxa 4609(1): 68–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.3 Reference page.
Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2019. Two more new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4656(1): 43–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.2 Reference page.
Lee, J.L., Miller, A.H., Zug, G.R. & Mulcahy, D.G. 2019. The discovery of Rock Geckos Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4661(1): 40–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.1.2 Reference page.
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.
Riyanto, A., Munir, M., Martamenggala, A.I.S., Fitriana, Y.S. & Hamidy, A. 2019. Hiding in plain sight on Gunung Muria: A new species and first record of rock gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887; Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Java, Indonesia Zootaxa 4608(1): 155–173. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.9 ; ResearchGate . Reference page.
Sayyed, A., Grismer, L.L., Campbell, P.D. & Dileepkumar, R. 2019. Description of a cryptic new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala State of India. Zootaxa 4656(3): 501–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.3.7 Reference page.
Ampai, N., Wood, P.L., Jr., Stuart, B.L. & Aowphol, A. 2020. Integrative taxonomy of the rock-dwelling gecko Cnemaspis siamensis complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) reveals a new species from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand. ZooKeys 932: 129–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.932.50602 Reference page.
Karunarathna, S., Silva, A., Gabadage, D., Botejue, M., Madawala, M. & Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2021. A new species of day gecko (Reptilia, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from Sri Lanka with an updated ND2 gene phylogeny of Sri Lankan and Indian species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 191–209. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.60099 Reference page.
Milto, K.D. & Bezman-Moseyko, O.S. 2021. Herpetofauna of the Maninjau caldera, West Sumatra, Indonesia, with special account to geckos. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science 325(4): 430–446. DOI: 10.31610/trudyzin/2021.325.4.430 Reference page.
Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2022. A multitude of spots! Five new microendemic species of the Cnemaspis gracilis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from massifs in the Shevaroy landscape, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 1137–1186. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e94799 Reference page.
Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2022. Three new cryptic species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Karnataka, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 115–142. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e76308 Reference page.
Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2022. Three more novel species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 385–422. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e82343 Reference page.
Ampai, N., Rujirawan, A., Yodthong, S., Termprayoon, K., Stuart, B.L., Wood, P.L. Jr. & Aowphol, A. 2022. Hidden diversity of rock geckos within the Cnemaspis siamensis species group (Gekkonidae, Squamata): genetic and morphological data from southern Thailand reveal two new insular species and verify the phylogenetic affinities of C. chanardi and C. kamolnorranathi. ZooKeys 1125: 115–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1125.94060 Reference page.
Nashriq, I., Davis, H.R., Bauer, A.M. & Das, I. 2022. Three new apecies of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sarawak, East Malaysia, Borneo. Zootaxa 5120(1): 1–29. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.1.1 Reference page.
Rujirawan, A., Yodthong, S., Ampai, N., Terrmpyoon, K., Aksornneam, A., Stuart, B.L. & Aowphol, A. 2022. A new rock gecko in the Cnemaspis siamensis group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 345–363. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.89591 Reference page.
Karunarathna, S., Ukuwela, K.D.B., de Silva, A., Bauer, A.M., Madawala, M., Poyarkov, N.A., Botejue, M., Gabadage, D., Grismer, L.L. & Gorin, V.A. 2023. A phylogenetic and taxonomic assessment of the Cnemaspis alwisi group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with a description of two new species from isolated misty-mountains. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 205–236. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e90979 Reference page.
Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2024. Two new species of the Cnemaspis galaxia complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the eastern slopes of the southern Western Ghats. ZooKeys 1196: 209–242. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.117947 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf, Rock & Day Geckos