Cnemaspis krishnagiriensis

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 krishnagiriensis

Name

Cnemaspis krishnagiriensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2021: 353

• Holotype: NRC-AA-1120 (AK 896), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal and Swapnil Pawar on 16 October 2019.
• Type locality: “behind Kugai Periya Mariamman Temple, near Krishnagiri fort, (12.544, 78.224 ca. 550 m asl.), Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu, India”.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2021. A new medium-sized rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. bangara clade from granite boulder habitats in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4969(2): 351–366. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.2.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis krishnagiriensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Krishnagiri Dwarf Gecko