Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL, 2024
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Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Sathuragiri dwarf gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL 2024: 225 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: near Sathuragiri entry point (9.7093°N, 77.6307°E; ca 250 m a.s.l.), Sathuragiri, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu state, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-8349 (AK-R 1510), adult male; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 26 April 2022. Paratypes. NRC-AA 8350 (AK-R 1511), NRC-AA-8351 (AK-R 1512), adult males, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-8352 (AK-R 1513), adult male, NRC-AA-8353 (AK-R 1515), subadult female, from near Vazhukkuparai Saptur Reserve Forest (9.7174°N, 77.6244°E; ca 400 m a.s.l.), Sathuragiri; same data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small-sized Cnemaspis, snout to vent length ≤ 33 mm (n = 5). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; smooth to weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with irregularly arranged rows of enlarged, weakly keeled, conical tubercles; 6–8 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, paravertebral tubercles either absent or irregular; ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular and subimbricate with rounded end; 28–30 midventral scales across belly, 130–137 longitudinal ventral scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, some divided and others entire, a distinct enlarged metacarpal scale below digit I; 11–13 lamellae under digit I of manus and 11 or 12 under digit I of pes, 18–21 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 23 or 24 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with continuous series of seven or eight precloacal pores (n = 4); scales on non-regenerated tail dorsum heterogeneous; small, smooth, subcircular, flattened, subimbricate scales intermixed on anterior one third portion with enlarged, weakly keeled, and weakly conical tubercles forming eight whorls; six tubercles on first whorl, four tubercles on second to fourth whorls, only a pair of paravertebral tubercles each on fifth to eighth whorls; rest of the tail lacking enlarged tubercles; median row of subcaudals smooth, roughly subcircular, distinctly enlarged than rest, with condition of two enlarged scales alternating with a divided scale. Males with ochre dorsum, single central black dorsal ocellus on neck, a white ocellus on ventrolateral side of neck and one on throat posterior to jaw, venter off-white with dark throat, tail unbanded, females and juveniles brown with a prominent mid-dorsal streak. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2349 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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