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Cnemaspis butewai KARUNARATHNA, POYARKOV, DE SILVA, MADAWALA, BOTEJUE, GORIN, SURASINGHE, GABADAGE, UKUWELA & BAUER, 2019

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Butewes’ day gecko
Singhala: Butewege diva-seri hoona 
SynonymCnemaspis butewai KARUNARATHNA, POYARKOV, DE SILVA, MADAWALA, BOTEJUE, GORIN, SURASINGHE, GABADAGE, UKUWELA & BAUER 2019 
DistributionSri Lanka (Sabaragamuwa)

Type locality: large granite cave in Bambarabotuwa, Opanayake, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (6.630364° N, 80.628925° E, WGS1984; elevation 445 m  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NMSL.2019.07.01, adult male, 31.7 mm SVL (Fig. 16),
collected around 12.00 hrs) on 26 November 2018 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva.
Paratypes. NMSL.2019.07.02, adult female, 27.2 mm SVL, and
NMSL.2019.07.03, Adult male, 31.8 mm SVL, collected from a large granite cave in Bambarabotuwa, Opanayake, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (6.646919° N, 80.653892° E, WGS1984; elevation 458 m; around 11.00 hrs) on 26 November 2018 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cnemaspis butewai sp. nov., can be readily distinguished from its Sri Lankan congeners by a combination of the following morphological and meristic characteristics: maximum SVL 31.8 mm; dorsum with heterogeneous, smooth, granular scales; 1 – 2 internasals, 2/2 supranasals and 1 – 2 postnasal present; 37 – 39 interorbital scales; 15 – 17 supraciliaries, 10 – 11 canthal scales, 23 – 26 eye to tympanum scales; 3 enlarged postmentals; postmentals bounded by 5 – 6 chin scales; gular scales keeled, chin, pectoral and abdominal scales smooth, subimbricate; 23 – 25 belly scales across the venter; 5 – 6 weakly developed tubercles on posterior flank; 134 – 138 paravertebral granules linearly arranged; 3 – 5 precloacal pores, 5 femoral pores on each side in males separated by 9 – 10 unpored anterior femoral scales, 2 – 3 unpored posterior femoral scales; 125 – 128 ventral scales; 92 – 98 midbody scales; subcaudals smooth, median row comprising a regular series of small, diamond shaped scales; 8 supralabials; 7 – 8 infralabials; 16 total lamellae on fourth digit of manus, and 17 – 18 total lamellae on fourth digit of pes.


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EtymologyThe specific epithet is an eponym Latinized (butewai) in the masculine genitive singular, honouring the Sri Lankan warrior ‘Butewe Rate Rala’ for his valiant
feats in the Great Rebellion of 1817 – 1818, which was initiated in Uva-Wellassa. 
References
  • Karunarathna, Suranjan; Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Anslem de Silva, Majintha Madawala, Madhava Botejue, Vladislav A. Gorin, Thilina Surasinghe, Dinesh Gabadage, Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela & Aaron M. Bauer 2019. Integrative taxonomy reveals six new species of day geckos of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from geographically-isolated hill forests in Sri Lanka. Vertebrate Zoology 69 (3): 247–298 - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2020. Liste der im Jahr 2019 neubeschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2020 (3): 44-67
 
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