Cnemaspis balerion PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER, 2021
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Cnemaspis balerion
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cnemaspis balerion PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER 2021 |
| Distribution | India (Baba Budan Hills, Karnataka) Type locality: Dattathreyapeeta, Baba Budan Hills, Karnataka (13.450 °N, 75.751°E; 1410 m asl) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS 2623, adult male collected by Saunak Pal and team on 23rd September 2011. Paratypes: CESL 416, adult male and CESL 417, adult female; collected along with the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium sized, robust Cnemaspis species (SVL up to 45.0 mm) characterised by the presence of granular, homogeneous dorsal scales; gradually increasing in size on the dorsolateral aspect of flanks, juxtaposed; absence of spine like tubercles on flank; ventrals smooth, subimbricate, 121–127 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca, 22– 24 midventral scales; two to three pairs of postmentals, first pair separated by a single enlarged scale, each postmental surrounded by five to six scales including median scale; males with eight to nine elongated femoral pores separated by 14–16 poreless scales, precloacal pores absent; postcloacal spur absent; subcaudals smooth, median row enlarged, a large subpentagonal scale alternating with slightly smaller subtriangular scale; seven to eight supralabials to the angle of jaw; 19–20 lamellae on digit IV of manus and 22–23 lamellae on digit IV of pes. (Pal et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Belongs to the wynadensis clade |
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