Cnemaspis rashidi

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 rashidi

Name

Cnemaspis rashidi Sayyed, Kirubakaran, Khot, Thanigaivel, Satheeshkumar, Sayyed, Sayyed, Purkayastha, Deshpande & Sulakhe, 2023: 181

• Holotype: BNHS 2921, adult ♂, collected by Amit Sayyed and Samson Kirubakaran on 5 May 2015.
• Type locality: “on the rock boulder (9.500463N, 77.406013E; ca. 1245 m asl.) in Kottamalai estate, Settur, Rajapalayam, Viridhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India”.

References

Primary references

• Sayyed, A., Kirubakaran, S., Khot, R., Thanigaivel, A., Satheeshkumar, M., Sayyed, A., Sayyed, M., Purkayastha, J., Deshpande, S. & Sulakhe, S. 2023. A new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the higher elevations of Tamil Nadu, India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 12(2): 179–188. DOI: 10.53562/ajcb.83427 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Rashid’s Dwarf Gacko