Cnemaspis butewai

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

Holotype: NMSL 2019.07.01, adult ♂, collected by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva on 26 November 2018.
Type locality: “large granite cave in Bambarabotuwa, Opanayake, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (6.630364° N, 80.628925° E, WGS1984; elevation 445 m)”.

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis butewai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 February 2023.
Karunarathna, S., Amarasinghe, A., Samarawickrama, P., Vidanapathirana, D., Botejue, M., Samarasinghe, D., Madawala, M., Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Gabadage, D. & Wikramanyake, S. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis butewai (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T157678393A157678453. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T157678393A157678453.en. Accessed on 22 February 2023.

English: Butewes’ Day Gecko