Cnemaspis jackieii PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER, 2021
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Cnemaspis jackieii
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cnemaspis jackieii PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER 2021 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: Vairavankulam Reserve Forest, Tamil Nadu (9.170°N, 77.277°E; ca. 750 m asl) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS 2620, adult male, collected by Saunak Pal and Mrugank Prabhu on 29th May 2011. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small sized Cnemaspis species (SVL up to 31.3 mm) characterised by the presence of heterogenous dorsal scales, small, weakly keeled, granular scales intermixed with strongly keeled conical tubercles; spine-like tubercles on the flank absent; 8–9 rows of dorsal tubercles, 11–12 tubercles in paravertebral rows. Ventral scales on belly smooth, subimbricate, 28–31 scales across the belly, 119–125 longitudinal scales between mental to anterior border of cloaca; two pairs of postmentals, first strongly in contact with each other; seven to eight supralabials to the angle of jaw; 21–22 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with 5–6 femoral pores on each thigh separated on either side by 9–11 poreless scales from 3–4 precloacal pores; precloacal pores separated medially by 1–2 poreless scale; tail with enlarged, strongly keeled, conical tubercles forming whorls; median row of subcaudals smooth, enlarged; presence of two single dorsal ocelli on occiput and between forelimb insertions, a smaller pair on either side just anterior to forelimb insertion. (Pal et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Group: Belongs to the gracilis clade. |
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