Cnemaspis kotagamai KARUNARATHNA, DE SILVA, BOTEJUE, SURASINGHE, WICKRAMASINGHE, UKUWELA & BAUER, 2019
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Cnemaspis kotagamai
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kotagama’s Day Gecko Sinhala: Kotagamage Diva-seri Hoona Tamil: Kotagamavin Pahalpalli |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis kotagamai KARUNARATHNA, DE SILVA, BOTEJUE, SURASINGHE, WICKRAMASINGHE, UKUWELA & BAUER in KARUNARATHNA et al. 2019: 330 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka (Sabaragamu Province) Type locality: granite cave Bambaragala, Pallebedda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamu Province, Sri Lanka (6.512978°N, 80.750306°E, WGS1984; elevation 127 m |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NMSL 2019.15.01, adult male, 29.8 mm SVL (Fig. 3), collected; around 1100 hrs) on 18 January 2019 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. Paratypes: NMSL 2019.15.02, adult male, 31.1 mm SVL, and NMSL 2019.15.03, adult female, 32.6 mm SVL, collected from a granite cave in Bambaragala, Pallebedda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Prov- ince, Sri Lanka (6.517261°N, 80.752692°E, WGS1984; elevation 132 m; around 1200 hrs) on 18 January 2019 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cnemaspis kotagamai sp. nov. may be readily distinguished from its Sri Lankan congeners by a combination of the following morphological and meristic characteristics as well as color patterns: maximum SVL 32.6 mm; dorsum with heterogeneous, smooth intermixed with weakly keeled granular scales; 2/2 supranasals, one internasal, 2/2 postnasals; 3–4 enlarged postmentals; postmentals bounded by 5–6 chin scales; chin, gular, pectoral, and abdominal scales smooth, subimbricate; 21–22 belly scales across midbody; 6–7 well-developed tubercles on posterior flank; 114–119 paravertebral granules linearly arranged; one precloacal pore, 4–5 femoral pores in males, separated by 11–13 unpored proximal femoral scales, 2–6 unpored distal femoral scales; 131–137 ventral scales; 79–84 midbody scales; subcaudals smooth, median row comprising an irregular series of diamond-shaped, small scales; 7–8 supralabials; 7–8 infralabials; 13–15 total lamellae on 4th digit of manus, and 17–18 total lamellae on 4th digit of pes. |
| Comment | Sympatry: Gehyra mutilata, Hemidactylus depressus, H. frenatus, and H. parvimaculatus. Similar species: C. ingerorum, C. kallima |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is an eponym Latinized (kotagamai) in the masculine genitive singular, honoring prominent Sri Lankan scientist (ornithologist), Sarath Wimalabandara Kotagama (Emeritus Professor of the University of Colombo) for his valuable contributions towards biodiversity conservation and management in Sri Lanka. |
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