Cnemaspis auriventralis RUJIRAWAN, YODTHONG, AMPAI, TERMPRAYOOON, AKSORNNEAM, STUART & AOWPHOL, 2022
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Cnemaspis auriventralis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Erawan Rock Gecko Thai: จง้ิจกนว้ิยาวเอราวณั (JingJokNiew Yao Erawan) |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis auriventralis RUJIRAWAN, YODTHONG, AMPAI, TERMPRAYOOON, AKSORNNEAM, STUART & AOWPHOL 2022 Cnemaspis huaseesom — YODTHONG et al. 2022: 160 |
| Distribution | Thailand (Kanchanaburi) Type locality: Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province, Si Sawat District, Tha Kradan Subdistrict, Erawan National Park, Tham Phra That Protection Unit (14.39730N, 99.0818E; 747 m elevation |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. (Figs 3–6). ZMKU R 01001, adult male, collected 18 November 2021 by Attapol Rujirawan, Siri- porn Yodthong, Natee Ampai and Akrachai Aksornneam. Paratypes. (Figs 7, 8). Two adult males and two adult females. ZMKU R 01002 (adult female), same collection data as the holotype. ZMKU R 01003 (adult female), same collection data as the holotype, except collected 20 No- vember 2021. ZMKU R 00999–01000 (two adult males) same collection data as the holotype, except collected 26 November 2019 by Attapol Rujirawan, Siriporn Yodthong, Korkhwan Termprayoon and Akrachai Aksornneam. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cnemaspis auriventralis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other species in the C. siamensis group by having the following combination of morphological and colour pattern characters: SVL 36.7–38.6 mm in adult males (N = 3), 32.9–36.9 mm in adult females (N = 2); eight to ten supralabials; seven to nine infralabials; ventral scales smooth; six or seven precloacal pores in males; 16–17 paravertebral tubercles linearly arranged; tubercles on the lower flanks present; lateral caudal furrows present; no caudal tubercles in the lateral furrows; ventrolateral caudal tubercles present anteriorly; caudal tubercles not encircling tail; subcaudals smooth bearing a single median row of enlarged smooth scales; two post-cloacal tubercles on each side; no shield-like subtibial scales; subtibial scales smooth; no enlarged submetatarsal scales; 23–27 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; sexually dimorphic in dorsal and ventral colour pattern; prescapular marking absent; gular marking absent; and yellow colouration in life on all ventral surfaces of head, body and tail in adult males. (Rujirawan et al. 2022) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The species epithet auriventralis is derived from aurum (L.) for gold and ventralis (L.) for venter in reference to the new species having distinct yellow coloura- tion on all ventral surfaces of the head, body and tail in adult males. |
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