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Cnemaspis wallaceii PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER, 2021

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

Type locality: Andiparai Shola, Anamalai Hills (10.394°N, 76.992°E; 1307 m asl)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BNHS 2613, adult male collected by Saunak Pal and team on 8th August 2011.
Paratypes: CESL 378, adult female; collected along with the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large sized Cnemaspis species (SVL up to 46.2 mm) characterised by the presence of heterogenous dorsal scales, small granular scales intermixed with larger rounded, regularly arranged, weakly keeled tubercles; absence of spine like tubercles on the flank; paired postmentals separated by 2–3 median scales; 14–15 rows of middorsal tubercles, 18–20 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventrals smooth, 154–156 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; 28–29 midventral scales; males with 8 precloacal pores, femoral pores absent; row of enlarged scales from base of first toe till end of foot; subcaudals smooth, median row with individual large scales alternating with slightly smaller scales; 6–7 supralabials to the angle of jaw; 22–23 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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