Cnemaspis shevaroyensis

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 shevaroyensis

Name

Cnemaspis shevaroyensis Khandekar, Gaitonde & Agarwal 2019: 87

• Holotype: NCBS-BH674, adult ♂, collected by A. Khandekar, I. Agarwal and N. Gaitonde on 13 September 2018.
• Type locality: “near Kottachedu Kari Raman Temple, Yercaud, in the Shevaroys (11.819° N 78.270° E; ca. 811 m asl.), Salem district, Tamil Nadu state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Gaitonde, N. & Agarwal, I. 2019. Two new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shevaroy massif, Tamil Nadu, India, with a preliminary ND2 phylogeny of Indian Cnemaspis. Zootaxa 4609(1): 68–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis shevaroyensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 April 2022.
• Ganesh, S.R. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis shevaroyensis  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T153293497A153293509. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T153293497A153293509.en. Accessed on 22 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Shevaroy Dwarf Gecko