Cnemaspis sanctus

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 sanctus

Name

Cnemaspis sanctus Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2024: 269

• Holotype: NRC-AA-8363 (AK-R 1123), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 6 April 2022.
• Type locality: “near Kaalimala Durgadevi Temple (8.46623°N, 77.22640°E; ca. 520 m asl.), Pathukani, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu State, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2024. Two new nocturnal species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the wynadensis clade from the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5443(4): 353–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Holy Dwarf Gecko