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Cnemaspis sahyadriensis KHANDEKAR, GAIKWAD, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE & AGARWAL, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sahyadri dwarf gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis sahyadriensis KHANDEKAR, GAIKWAD, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE & AGARWAL 2024: 97 
DistributionIndia (Maharashtra)

Type locality: near Tanali (17.22124°N, 73.81329°E; ca. 1000 m asl.), vetti Range, Chandoli National Park in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Sangli District, Maharashtra State, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NRC-AA-8331 (AK-R 858), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Satpal Gangalmale and Swapnil Pawar on 17th April 2023.
Paratypes (n=4; fig. 33). NRC-AA-8332 (AK-R 857), adult male, ZSI-R-28775 (AK-R 859), adult female, same collection data as holotype; NRC-AA-8333 (AK-R 784), BNHS 2880 (AK-R 785), adult females, from near valmiki Plateau (17.22297°N, 73.83487°E; ca. 1020 m asl.), vetti Range, Chandoli National Park in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Sangli District, same collection data as holotype. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Sahyadri Tiger Reserve. Sahyadri is also the local name for the Western Ghats. 
References
  • KHANDEKAR, A., GAIKWAD, S. M., THACKERAY, T., GANGALMALE, S., & AGARWAL, I. 2024. A preliminary taxonomic revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of four new species from southern Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 5429 (1): 1-114 - get paper here
 
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