Cnemaspis agamalaiensis

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 agamalaiensis

Name

Cnemaspis agamalaiensis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2024: 10

• Holotype: NRC-AA-8374 (AK-R 1633), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 1 May 2022.
• Type locality: “Agamalai Hills (10.1088°N, 77.4163°E; ca. 1500 m asl.), Theni District, Tamil Nadu State, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2024. Five new species of the Cnemaspis beddomei clade (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from high elevation, evergreen forests of the Southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5469(1): 1–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5469.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Agamalai Dwarf Gecko