Cnemaspis godagedarai

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 godagedarai

Name

Cnemaspis godagedarai de Silva, Bauer, Botejue & Karunarathna, 2019: 200

• Holotype: NMSL 2019.09.01, adult ♂, collected by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva on 6 October 2018.
• Type locality: “a granite wall in Ensalwatte, Deniyaya, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (6.388767°N, 80.599781°E, WGS1984; elevation 858 m)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis godagedarai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 February 2023.
• Samarawickrama, P., Vidanapathirana, D., Botejue, M., Karunarathna, S., Amarasinghe, A., Samarasinghe, D., Gabadage, D., Madawala, M. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis godagedarai  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T152267192A152267235. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T152267192A152267235.en. Accessed on 22 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Godagedaras’ Day Gecko