Cnemaspis sundara SAYYED, KIRUBAKARAN, KHOT, ABINESH, HARSHAN, ADHIKARI, SAYYED, SAYYED, FAZIL, JERITH, DESHPANDE, PURKAYASTHA & SULAKHE, 2023
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Cnemaspis sundara
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Sundar dwarf gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis sundara SAYYED, KIRUBAKARAN, KHOT, ABINESH, HARSHAN, ADHIKARI, SAYYED, SAYYED, FAZIL, JERITH, DESHPANDE, PURKAYASTHA & SULAKHE 2023: 310 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: rock (9.072847°N, 77.211866°E; alt. 384 m a.s.l.), Mekkarai, Shenkottai, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. Adult male, BNHS 2915 (32.2 SVL), collected by Amit Sayyed and Samson Kirubakaran on 04 April 2023. Paratypes Adult male, BNHS 2916 (34.6 SVL) and adult female, BNHS 2917 (30.5 SVL); collection details same as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small-sized Cnemaspis with adult SVL<35mm; dorsal scales on trunk heterogeneous; small, rounded, slightly raised, unkeeled, granular scales intermixed with larger weakly keeled, rounded tubercles; larger tubercles in 6 irregular rows at midbody; 14–15 tubercles in row on either side of flank from posterior edge of the forearm insertions to hindlimb insertion; enlarged tubercles in paravertebral region absent; conical and spine-like tubercles absent on flanks; 6–7 supralabials; 6–7 infralabials; mid-dorsal scales 75–80; scales on snout and canthus rostralis unkeeled; scales on neck, nape and occiput granular, unkeeled; larger tubercles absent on the occiput, nape and neck; scales on ventral surface of head, neck, chest, arm and pes smooth; mid-ventral scales 156–160, middorsal scales 35–36; subdigital lamellae under fourth digit of manus 13, under fourth digit of pes 13–15; males with 8–9 precloacal pores; dorsal scales of limbs granular, unkeeled; dorsal scales on tail base unkeeled, granular, flattened, intermixed with enlarged, slightly keeled, rounded tubercles; scales on ventral aspect of tail subimbricate, smooth; median series distinctly larger than rest; a single enlarged, conical postcloacal spur on each side; sexual dichromatism within species observed. (Sayyed et al. 2023) Additional details (5103 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘sundara’ meaning beautiful. |
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