Cnemaspis rudhira AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR, 2022
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Cnemaspis rudhira
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Scarlet dwarf gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis rudhira AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR 2022: 1173 Cnemaspis cf. gracilis — KHANDEKAR et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: near Sri Salaipaarai Muniappan Temple, Yercaud, in the Shevaroy hill range (11.7761°N, 78.1900°E; 1060 m asl.), Salem district, Tamil Nadu state, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-1238 (AK 566), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar, and Tejas Thackeray on 2nd January 2019. Paratypes. NRC-AA-1246 (AK 567), adult male, NRC-AA-1247 (AK 568), adult female, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-1239 (AK 208), NRC-AA-1240 (AK 209), NRC-AA-1241 (AK 212) adult males, from Yercaud Ghat, in the Shevaroy hill range (11.7796°N, 78.1911°E; 1200 m asl.), and NRC-AA-1242 (AK 213) adult female (11.7655°N, 78.1884°E; 800 m asl.), collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Nikhil Gaitonde, on 18th December 2018; NRC-AA-1243 (AK 539), NRC-AA-1244 (AK 541), NRC-AA-1245 (AK 543), adult males, from near Botanical garden, Yercaud, in the Shevaroy hill range (11.7810°N, 78.2035°E; 1400 m asl.), same collection data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A small-sized Cnemaspis, snout to vent length up to 33.8 mm (n = 10). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with a fairly regularly arranged rows of enlarged, strongly keeled, conical tubercles; last one or two rows of enlarged tubercles on flank weakly keeled, spine-like; 10–12 rows of dorsal tubercles at mid-body, 13–17 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventral scales smooth, subcircular, subimbricate, subequal from chest to vent, 30–32 scales across belly at mid-body, 101–121 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, mostly unpaired, unnotched; 8–11 lamellae under digit I of manus and pes; 14–17 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 17–21 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with four or five femoral pores on each thigh separated by 6–9 poreless scales from series of 4–6 precloacal pores, precloacal pores separated medially by single (rarely 2, n = 1/8) poreless scales; tail with enlarged, strongly keeled, pointed, and spine-like tubercles forming whorls; median row of subcaudals smooth, roughly rectangular, and distinctly enlarged. Dorsum orange, mottled with numerous small light grey spots and fine black spots with an indistinct series of light grey vertebral blotches extending from neck to tail base; single central black dorsal ocellus on neck and smaller ocellus on occiput, separated by a light grey blotch; venter off-white with black speckles, margin of throat strongly marked; original tail in males grey or with 9–11 alternating dark and light grey bands, regenerated tail orange.” (Agarwal et al. 2022) Additional details (12337 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet is from the Sanskrit rudhira which means blood, alluding to the blood-red colouration of this beautiful species, and is used as a noun in apposition. |
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