Cnemaspis agayagangai

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 agayagangai

Name

Cnemaspis agayagangai Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2022: 1151

• Holotype: NRC-AA-1213 (AK 699), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar, and Tejas Thackeray on 29 May 2019.
• Type locality: “near Agaya Gangai waterfalls (11.2640°N, 78.3925°E; ca. 860 m asl.), Kolli hills, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu state, India”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis agayagangai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 July 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Agaya Gangai Dwarf Gecko