Cnemaspis sakleshpurensis

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 sakleshpurensis

Name

Cnemaspis sakleshpurensis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2022: 127

• Holotype: BNHS 2814 (AK 862), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and Tejas Thackeray on 5 June 2019.
• Type locality: “the vicinity of Mookanana Resort, Hongadahalla village, Sakleshpur (12.7811°N, 75.7079°E; elevation ca. 850 m), Hassan District, Karnataka, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2022. Three new cryptic species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Karnataka, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 115–142. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e76308 Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Sakleshpur Dwarf Gecko