Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR, 2020
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Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Rishi Valley dwarf gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR 2020: 454 Cnemaspis mysoriensis — GIRI et al. 2009 [part] |
| Distribution | India (Andhra Pradesh: Chittoor District) Type locality: Cave Rock Hill, Rishi Valley School (13.632° N 78.457° E; ca. 730 m elevation, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh state, India. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NCBS-BH723 (AK 659), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Nikhil Gaitonde and Joshua Muyiwa on 12 March 2019. Paratypes. NCBS-BH724 (AK 660), NCBS-BH725 (AK 661), NCBS-BH726 (AK 662), NCBS-BH727 (AK 663), adult females, same collection data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small-sized Cnemaspis, snout to vent length less than 31 mm. Dorsal pholidosis heterogenous, with weakly keeled granular scales increasing in size towards flank, smallest on paravertebral rows and largest on flanks; intermixed with two or three irregularly arranged rows of large, weakly keeled, distinctly pointed, spine-like tubercles on either side of the flanks. Ventral scales smooth, imbricate, 23–25 scale rows across belly, 102–112 scales in a single longitudinal column from mental to cloaca. Subdigital scansors smooth, entire, unnotched; lamellae under digit IV of pes 17–20. Males with a single femoral pore on each thigh, separated on either side by ten poreless scales from a continuous series of three precloacal pores. Tail with six enlarged, strongly keeled, distinctly pointed, conical tubercles forming whorls; median row of sub-caudals smooth, slightly enlarged. Dorsal colouration grey-brown with a broad, light mid-dorsal streak formed by seven fused elongate chain-links that runs from occiput to tail base, single medial dark spot on nape flanked by a slightly smaller ocellus and two much smaller ocelli, six pairs of dark spots, one on either side of mid-dorsal streak between forelimb insertions and tail base. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is a toponym for the Rishi Valley, the type and only known locality for the new species. |
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