Cnemaspis rudhira

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 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

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: Cnemaspis rudhira

Name

Cnemaspis rudhira Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2022: 1173

• Holotype: NRC-AA-1238 (AK 566), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar, and Tejas Thackeray on 2 January 2019.
• Type locality: “near Sri Salaipaarai Muniappan Temple, Yercaud, in the Shevaroy hill range (11.7761°N, 78.1900°E; 1060 m asl.), Salem district, Tamil Nadu state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2022. A multitude of spots! Five new microendemic species of the Cnemaspis gracilis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from massifs in the Shevaroy landscape, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 1137–1186. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e94799 Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Scarlet Dwarf Gecko