Cnemaspis nilgala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Holotype: NMSL 2018.07.01.NH, adult ♂, collected by Aaron M. Bauer & Anslem de Silva on 6 November 2002.
Type locality: “from rock cave in Serawa, Bibila, Monaragala District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka (7.264075 N, 81.356997 E, elevation 260 m a.s.l. WGS1984+-)”.

Karunarathna, S., Bauer, A.M., De Silva, A., Surasinghe, T., Somaratna, L., Madawala, M., Gabadage, D., Botejue, M., Henkanaththegedara, S., Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2019. Description of a new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nilgala Savannah forest, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4545(3): 389–407. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.4 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Cnemaspis nilgala. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2019.
Karunarathna, S. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis nilgala (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T149323623A149323785. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T149323623A149323785.en. Accessed on 22 February 2023.

English: Nilgala Day Gecko