Cnemaspis rashidi SAYYED, KIRUBAKARAN, KHOT, A, M, SAYYED, SAYYED, PURKAYASTHA, DESHPANDE & SULAKHE, 2023
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Cnemaspis rashidi
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cnemaspis rashidi SAYYED, KIRUBAKARAN, KHOT, A, M, SAYYED, SAYYED, PURKAYASTHA, DESHPANDE & SULAKHE : 181 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: rock boulder (9.500463N, 77.406013E; ca. 1245 m asl.) in Kottamalai estate, Settur, Rajapalayam, Viridhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BNHS 2921, Adult male (47.50 mm SVL), collected by Amit Sayyed and Samson Kirubakaran on 05 May 2015. Paratypes (n=3). Adult female BNHS 2922 (47.29 mm SVL), adult male BNHS 2923 (49.93 mm SVL), subadult male BNHS 2924 (42.34 mm SVL), locality and collection data same as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium sized, Cnemaspis with adult SVL<50 mm (n=4); dorsal scales heterogeneous; circular granular scales intermixed with enlarged, fairly regularly arranged, strongly keeled, pointed, conical tubercles; scales on flanks small, granular, smooth, slightly raised, conical and spine-like tubercles absent on either side of the lower flanks; 7–8 supralabials; 7 infralabials; 10–11 longitudinal rows of enlarged tubercles on dorsal body; mid-dorsal scales 73–75; scales on snout and canthus rostralis large, round, juxtaposed, un-keeled; scales on nape, ventral surface of neck, occipital and temporal region granular, small, round, un-keeled; rostral groove present; mental enlarged, subtriangular, not pointed posteriorly, connected posteriorly by a large, round scale; scales on ventral surface of neck, granular smooth, juxtaposed; scales on ventral surface of abdomen and chest smooth, cycloid; scales on femoral and precloacal region larger than those on the abdomen, smooth; 170–172 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca, mid-body scales 29–32; distinct enlarged metacarpal scale present below digit I; subdigital lamellae under fourth digit of manus 18, under fourth digit of pes 19–21; males with 7–11 precloacal pores; 11 precloacal pores in BNHS 2921 holotype male, ten precloacal pores arranged in a single row, with an additional one positioned above in the attached row; femoral pores absent on each thigh; scales on dorsal surface of forelimbs un-keeled, imbricate, juxtaposed; dorsal scales of thigh and tibia weakly keeled, imbricate; enlarged, keeled, conical tubercles at dorsal surface tail are more larger than those on dorsal body; dorsal scales on tail flattened, un-keeled, imbricate posteriorly, intermixed with enlarged, strongly keeled, pointed, conical enlarged tubercles; enlarged tubercles on the tail forming whorls, rest of the tail with decreased in size with paravertebral tubercles; median series of subcaudals slightly larger than rest, not widened; dorsal colour of head, neck and upper body brownish-yellow with distinct fresh-yellow bands; dorsal aspect of the body, bellow forelimbs and limbs are grey above with irregular white and black markings; dorsal aspect of tail grey with alternating 4 or 5 black and white bands. (Sayyed et al. 2023) Additional details (13265 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Prof. Rashid Sayyed, father of the first author, Amit Sayyed. |
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