Cnemaspis godagedarai DE SILVA, BAUER, BOTEJUE & KARUNARATHNA, 2019
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Cnemaspis godagedarai
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Godagedaras’ Day Gecko Sinhala: Godagedarage Diva-seri Hoona Tamil: Godagedaravin Pahalpalli |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis godagedarai DE SILVA, BAUER, BOTEJUE & KARUNARATHNA 2019 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka (Southern Province: Matara District) Type locality: granite wall in Ensalwatte, Deniyaya, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (6.388767°N, 80.599781°E, WGS1984; elevation 858 m) |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: NMSL 2019.09.01, adult male, 35.5 mm SVL (Fig. 2), collected on 6 October 2018 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. Paratypes: ADS 232, adult female, 34.2 mm SVL, and ADS 233, adult female, 34.7 mm SVL, collected from agranite wall in Ensalwatte, Deniyaya, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (6.389128°N, 80.605767°E, WGS1984; elevation 831 m) on 6 October 2018 by Suran- jan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cnemaspis godagedarai sp. nov., can be readily distinguished from its Sri Lankan congeners by the following combination of morphological and meristic characteristics and color pattern: maximum SVL 35.5 mm; dorsum with homogeneous, smooth, granular scales; 2/2 supranasals; one internasal and 1/1 postnasal present; 26– 28 interorbital scales present; 14–15 supraciliaries, 11–12 canthal scales, 24–26 eye to tympanum scales; three enlarged postmentals; postmentals bounded by 5–6 chin scales; chin and gular scales smooth, juxtaposed granules; pectoral and abdominal scales smooth, subimbricate; 21– 23 belly scales across venter; 5–6 weakly developed tubercles on posterior flank; 101–106 paravertebral granules linearly arranged; precloacal pores absant in males, 12–13 femoral pores in males and 8–9 unpored interfemoral scales in males; 133–137 ventral scales; 98–102 midbody scales; subcaudals smooth, large subhexagonal, subequal in width, in a regular series forming a median row; 7–8 supralabials; 7–8 infralabials; 17–18 subdigital lamellae on digit IV of manus, and 20–21 subdigital lamellae on digit IV of pes. |
| Comment | Habitat: Mesua-Doona-dominated tropical evergreen rainforest in the lowland wet zone of southern Sri Lanka. Similar species: Cnemaspis godagedarai sp. nov. most closely resembles C. gemunu, C. phillipsi, and C. scalpensis. Sympatry: Cnemaspis pulchra, Cyrtodactylus subsolanus. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is an eponym Latinized (godagedarai) in the masculine genitive singular, honoring Sri Lankan warrior Godagedara Rate Adhikaram for his valiant feats in the Great Rebellion of 1817–1818, which was initiated in Uva-Wellassa. |
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