Cnemaspis kalakadensis

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 kalakadensis

Name

Cnemaspis kalakadensis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2022: 409

• Holotype: NRC-AA-1180 (AK 648), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar and team on 30 April 2021.
• Type locality: “near Sengaltheri forest guesthouse, Kalakad forest range (8.5340°N, 77.4502°E; ca. 960 m asl.), Kalakad Mun danthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2022. Three more novel species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 385–422. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e82343 Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Kalakad Dwarf Gecko