Cnemaspis yercaudensis

Cnemaspis yercaudensis

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 yercaudensis

Name

Cnemaspis yercaudensis Das & Bauer, 2000: 22

• Holotype: ZRC 2.4709 (formerly AMB 5748), sub-adult ♂, collected by Aaron M. Bauer and Indraneil Das on 13 January 1998.
• Type locality: “Yercaud Town (11°48’N; 78°14’E), in the Shevaroyan (Shevroy) Range, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, south-western India, altitude 1515 m above sea level (a.s.l.)”.

Native distribution areas

• SE India (Tamil Nadu).

References

Primary references

• Das, I. & Bauer, A.M. Two new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(1): 17–28. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-1-17-28 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page. 

Additional 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 yercaudensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Yercaud Day Gecko