Cnemaspis hitihamii

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 2019.06.01, adult ♂, collected by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva on 18 September 2018.
Type locality: “granite cave in Kumaradola, Maragalakanda, Monaragala District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka (6.875428° N, 81.357289° E, WGS1984; elevation 421 m)”.

Cnemaspis hitihami Karunarathna, Poyarkov, de Silva, Madawala, Botejue, Gorin, Surasinghe, Gabadage, Ukuwela & Bauer, 2019: 274 [original combination, incorrect original spelling]
Cnemaspis hitihamii — Amarasinghe & Karunarathna, 2020: 78 [subsequent combination, emendation of suffix i]

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.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T. & Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. 2020. A new diminutive day gecko species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Pilikuttuwa, near the capital of Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 9(1): 71–82. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.223 ; ResearchGate Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis hitihamii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 February 2023.
Karunarathna, S., Samarawickrama, P., Vidanapathirana, D., Botejue, M., Amarasinghe, A., Samarasinghe, D., Gabadage, D., Madawala, M. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis hitihamii (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T157678188A157678234. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T157678188A157678234.en. Accessed on 22 February 2023.

English: Hitihamis’ Day Gecko