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Cnemaspis regalis PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER, 2021

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCnemaspis regalis PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER 2021 
DistributionIndia (Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: Mundanthurai, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu (8.656°N, 77.331°E; 216 m asl)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BNHS 2617, adult male collected by Saunak Pal and team on 20th December 2011.
Paratypes: CESL 487, CESL 488 adult females and CESL 489 adult male collected from Kalakkad on 18th December 2011; CESL 495, CESL 502 adult males and BNHS 2618 adult female collected from Mundanthurai along with the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A medium sized Cnemaspis species (SVL up to 36.5 mm) characterised by the presence of heterogenous dorsal scales, small granular scales intermixed with conical, regularly arranged, weakly keeled tubercles; absence of spine like tubercles on the flank; paired postmentals partially touching or separated by a single median scale; 7–9 rows of middorsal tubercles; ventrals small, smooth, 148–154 scales from mental to cloaca; 40–44 midventral scales; one postcloacal spur on each side; males with 6–8 precloacal pores, femoral pores absent; subcaudals smooth, median row enlarged, with pairs of slightly smaller scales alternating two individual larger ones; tail with whorls of enlarged conical caudal tubercles; 7–9 supralabials to the angle of jaw; a distinct enlarged metacarpal scale below digit I; 2–3 initial subdigital lamellae on proximal series fragmented followed by entire, distal lamellae entire, 24–27 lamellae on digit IV of pes. (Pal et al. 2022) 
CommentGroup: Belongs to the beddomei clade. 
References
  • Pal, S., Mirza, Z. A., Dsouza, P., & Shanker, K. 2021. Diversifying on the Ark: multiple new endemic lineages of dwarf geckos from the Western Ghats provide insights into the systematics and biogeography of South Asian Cnemaspis (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoological Research, 42(6): 675-691 - get paper here
 
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