Cnemaspis hitihamii KARUNARATHNA, POYARKOV, DE SILVA, MADAWALA, BOTEJUE, GORIN, SURASINGHE, GABADAGE, UKUWELA & BAUER, 2019
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Cnemaspis hitihamii
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hitihamis’ day gecko Sinhala: Hitihamige diva-seri hoona |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis hitihami KARUNARATHNA, POYARKOV, DE SILVA, MADAWALA, BOTEJUE, GORIN, SURASINGHE, GABADAGE, UKUWELA & BAUER 2019 Cnemaspis hitihamii — AMARASINGHE & KARUNARATHNA 2020 (emendation) |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka (Monaragala District) Type locality: granite cave in Kumaradola, Maragalakanda, Monaragala District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka (6.875428° N, 81.357289° E, WGS1984; elevation 421 m |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NMSL.2019.06.01, adult male, 41.7 mm SVL (Fig. 13), collected around 16.00 hrs) on 18 September 2018 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. Paratypes. NMSL.2019.06.02, adult male, 38.8 mm SVL, and NMSL.2019.06.03, adult female, 39.5 mm SVL, collected from a granite cave in Kumaradola, Maragalakanda, Monaragala District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka (6.879725° N, 81.364986° E, WGS1984; elevation 437 m; around 17.00 hrs) on 18 September 2018 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cnemaspis hitihami sp. nov., can be readily distinguished from its Sri Lankan congeners by a combination of the following morphological and meristic characteristics and color pattern: maximum SVL 41.7 mm; dorsum with homogeneous, smooth granular scales; 2/2 supranasals, 1 internasal and 1/1 postnasal present; 3 enlarged postmentals; postmentals bounded by 5 chin scales; chin and gular scales smooth. granular, juxtaposed; pectoral and abdominal scales smooth, subimbricate; 21 belly scales across the venter; 4 – 5 well developed tubercles on posterior flank; 143 – 149 paravertebral granules linearly arranged; precloacal pores absent in males, 5 – 10 femoral pores in males on each side separated by 24 – 26 unpored femoro-precloacal scales, 5 – 7 unpored posterior femoral scales; 132 – 135 ventral scales; 96 – 99 midbody scales; enlarged subcaudals smooth, subequal, subhexagonal, arranged in a regular median row; 8 – 9 supralabials; 7 – 9 infralabials; 18 – 19 total lamellae on digit IV IV of manus, and 21 – 22 total lamellae on digit IV of pes. |
| Comment | Sympatry: Calodactylodes illingworthorum and Hemidactylus hunae) and generalist gecko species (Cnemaspis kumarasinghei, C. podihuna, Gehyra mutilata, Hemidactylus depressus, H. frenatus, H. leschenaultii, H. parvimaculatus and H. triedrus). |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is an eponym Latinized (hitihami) in the masculine genitive singular, honouring the Sri Lankan warrior ‘Meegahapitiye Walauwe Hitihami. |
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