Cnemaspis dissanayakai

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 dissanayakai

Name

Cnemaspis dissanayakai Karunarathna, de Silva, Madawala, Karunarathna, Wickramasinghe, Ukuwela & Bauer in Karunarathna et al., 2019: 334

• Holotype: NMSL 2019.20.01, adult ♂, collected by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva on 12 July 2018.
• Type locality: “large granite cave in the shaded forest of Dimbulagala, Polonnaruwa District, North-Central Province, Sri Lanka (7.872931°N, 81.135569°E, WGS1984; elevation 129 m)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis dissanayakai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Dissanayaka’s Day Gecko