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Cnemaspis chandoliensis KHANDEKAR, GAIKWAD, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE & AGARWAL, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Chandoli dwarf gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis chandoliensis KHANDEKAR, GAIKWAD, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE & AGARWAL 2024: 84 
DistributionIndia (Maharashtra)

Type locality: Chandel Range (17.14428°N, 73.72563°E; ca. 800 m asl.), Chandoli National Park in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Kolhapur District, Maharashtra State, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NRC-AA-8325 (AK-R 728), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Satpal Gangalmale and Swapnil Pawar on 20th April 2023.
Paratypes (n=5; fig. 26) NRC-AA-8326 (AK-R 729), adult male, ZSI-R-28771 (AK-R 727), adult female, same collection data as holotype; NRC-AA-8327 (AK-R 731), BNHS 2877 (AK-R 732), adult males, ZSI-R-28772 (AK-R 730), adult female, from Chandel Range (17.12992°N, 73.73504°E; ca. 800 m asl.), Chandoli National Park in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Kolhapur District, same collection data as holotype. 
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References
  • KHANDEKAR, A., GAIKWAD, S. M., THACKERAY, T., GANGALMALE, S., & AGARWAL, I. 2024. A preliminary taxonomic revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of four new species from southern Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 5429 (1): 1-114 - get paper here
 
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