Cnemaspis barkiensis KHANDEKAR, GAIKWAD, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE & AGARWAL, 2024
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Cnemaspis barkiensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Barki dwarf gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis barkiensis KHANDEKAR, GAIKWAD, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE & AGARWAL 2024: 75 |
| Distribution | India (Maharashtra) Type locality: Barki Reserve Forest (16.75280°N, 73.85200°E; ca. 910 m asl.), Kolhapur District, Maharashtra State, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-8321 (AK-R 772), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Satpal Gangalmale and Swapnil Pawar on 27th March 2023. Paratypes (n=8; fig. 23). ZSI-R-28756 (AK-R 769), adult male, ZSI-R-28770 (AK-R 771), adult female, same collection data as holotype; NRC-AA-8322 (AK-R 762), NRC-AA-8323 (AK-R 764), adult males, ZSI-R- 28769 (AK-R 763), adult female, from Gothane (16.67461°N, 73.91232°E; ca. 900 m asl.), near Talaye Budruk, Kolhapur District, collected by Akshay Khandekar and Satpal Gangalmale on 23th March 2023; NRC-AA-8324 (AK- R 765), BNHS 2875 (AK-R 766), BNHS 2876 (AK-R 767), adult males, from near Kavnai Plateau (16.72350°N, 73.85646°E; ca. 900 m asl.), near Washi, Kolhapur District, collected by Akshay Khandekar and Satpal Gangalmale on 24th March 2023. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=9). A small-sized Cnemaspis, snout to vent length less than 33 mm (n=9). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; weakly keeled, granular scales intermixed with large, weakly keeled, irregularly arranged tubercles, enlarged tubercles gradually increasing in size towards flank, tubercles in lowest row short spine-like; 11–13 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 17–21 paravertebral tubercles between forelimb and hindlimb insertions; gular scales, smooth, oval, flattened, and subimbricate; ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular, subimbricate with pointed end; 24–28 scales across belly at midbody, 121–130 (rarely 108 n=1) longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, mostly entire, unnotched; 9–11 lamellae under digit I of manus and 9–12 lamellae under digit I of pes, 14–18 lamellae under digit Iv of manus and 17–21 lamellae under digit Iv of pes; males with three or four femoral pores on each thigh separated medially by 19–25 poreless scales (n=7); tail dorsum with strongly keeled, granular scales, similar in size and shape to granular scales on midbody dorsum, gradually becoming larger, flattened, imbricate posteriorly, intermixed with enlarged, strongly keeled, distinctly pointed, conical tubercles forming whorls, six tubercles in first seven whorls; median row of subcaudals Type D. Dorsal colouration brown with indistinct vertebral chevrons that continue onto tail, distinct dark ocellus on neck, not strongly sexually dichromatic (Fig. 22A, B). (Khandekar et al. 2024) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about between half a page and a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Barki in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra. |
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