Cnemaspis stellapulvis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: Cnemaspis stellapulvis

Name

Cnemaspis stellapulvis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020

• Holotype: NCBS-BH757 (AK 618), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Nikhil Gaitonde & Joshua Muyiwa on 7 March 2019.
• Type locality: “near Haddina Kallu Anjaneya Temple, at the base of granite rocky hillock near Yadiyur (12.989° N 76.790° E; ca. 800 m asl.), Mandya district, Karnataka state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2020. A new cryptic Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated granite hill on the Mysore Plateau, Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4845(4): 509–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.4.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Cnemaspis stellapulvis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Stardust Dwarf Gecko