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Cnemaspis geethaiyerae AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Geetha Iyer’s dwarf gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis geethaiyerae AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR 2024: 1826 
DistributionIndia (Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: near Aralvaimozhi (8.24420°N, 77.50831°E; ca. 200 m asl), Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu State, India.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: NRC-AA-8338 (AK-R 1092), adult male; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar, and team on 5 April 2022.
Paratypes: NRC-AA-8339 (AK-R 1094), NRC-AA-8340 (AK-R 1095), adult males, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-8341 (AK-R 1098), adult male, BNHS 2883 (AK-R 1091), ZSI-R-28778 (AK-R 1097), adult females, near Aralvaimozhi (8.25118°N, 77.51523°E; ca. 170 m asl), Kanyakumari District, same data as holotype. 
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References
  • Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T., & Khandekar, A. 2024. Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern tip of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Natural History, 58(41-44), 1803-1843 - get paper here
 
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