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Cnemaspis mcguirei GRISMER, GRISMER, WOOD & CHAN, 2008

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: McGuire’s Rock Gecko
G: McGuires Felsengecko 
SynonymCnemaspis mcguirei GRISMER, GRISMER, WOOD & CHAN 2008
Gonatodes affinis LAIDLAW 1901: 304
Gonatodes affinis — BOULENGER 1903: 148
Gonatodes affinis — BOULENGER 1912: 38
Gonatodes affinis — SMITH 1930: 16
Gonatodes kendalli BOULENGER 1912: 38
Cnemaspis kendallii DAS and BAUER 1998: 13 (part)
Cnemaspis mcguirei — GRISMER et al. 2014: 74 
DistributionW Malaysia (Perak)

Type locality: 1351 m elevation, Bukit Larut, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia (04°51.715 N, 100°47.993).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZRC 2.6765, adult male, collected on 24 March 2008 by L. Lee Grismer at 0130 hrs. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Maximum SVL 65.0 mm; 7–10 supralabials; 7–9 infralabials; ventral scales keeled; 5–10 usually discontinuous, pore-bearing precloacal scales with round pores; 26–32 paravertebral tubercles; body tubercles not linearly arranged, present on flanks; tubercles present in lateral caudal furrows; no ventrolateral caudal tubercles; lateral row of caudal tubercles present; caudal tubercles not encircling tail; all subcaudals keeled, no enlarged median subcaudal scale row; 2–5 postcloacal tubercles on each side of tail base; no enlarged femoral or subtibial scales; subtibials keeled; no enlarged submetatarsal scales on first toe; 27–35 subdigital fourth toe lamellae; two ocelli in the shoulder region in males; wide, white to yellow postscapular band; yellow bars on flanks; distinct black and white caudal bands posteriorly. These differences are summarized across all Southeast Asian species in Grismer et al. (2008b:Table 1) and 2014 (Tables 6,7). 
Comment 
Etymology“This species is named in honor of Professor Jimmy A. McGuire for his extensive and insightful contributions into the evolutionary biology of some of the more complex components of the herpetofauna of Southeast Asia and for his tireless field work and observations at Bukit Larut which ultimately resulted in the discovery of other new species of amphibians and reptiles.” 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Report on the batrachians and reptiles. Fasciculi Malayensis, Zool., 1: 130-176. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1912. A vertebrate fauna of the Malay Peninsula from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore incl. the adjacent islands. Reptilia and Amphibia. London (Taylor & Francis), xiii + 298 S. - get paper here
  • Das,I. & A. M. BAUER 1998. Systematics and biogeography of Bornean geckos of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 46 (1): 11-28. - get paper here
  • Goldberg, S.R. & GRISMER, L.L. 2017. Notizen zur Fortpflanzung von McGuires Felsengecko, Cnemaspis mcguirei (Squamata, Gekkonidae), von der Malaiischen Halbinsel. Sauria 39 (2): 73-75 - get paper here
  • Goldberg, S.R. & GRISMER, L.L. 2018. Notes on reproduction of McGuire’s Rock Gecko, Cnemaspis mcguirei (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Sauria 40 (4): 73 - 75 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; & EVAN S. H. QUAH 2019. An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos. Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee; Chan K. Onn, Jesse L. Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., and A. Norhayati 2010. A CHECKLIST OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE BANJARAN BINTANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (2): 147-160 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; MONTRI SUMONTHA, MICHAEL COTA, JESSE L. GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS & KIRATI KUNYA 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1–55 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; NORHAYATI AHMAD, CHAN KIN ONN, DAICUS BELABUT, MUIN, M. A., PERRY L. WOOD, JR, & JESSE L. GRISMER 2009. Two new diminutive species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2019: 40-56 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; P. L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, EHWAN NGADI & NORHAYATI AHMAD 2015. A new insular species of Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Boulenger) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3985 (2): 203–218 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; Grismer, J.L.; Wood Jr., P.L.; Chan K. Onn 2008. The distribution, taxonomy, and redescription of the geckos Cnemaspis affinis (Stoliczka 1887) and C. flavolineata (Nicholls 1949) with descriptions of a new montane species and two new lowland, karst- dwelling species from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 1931: 1–24 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; PERRY JR L. WOOD, SHAHRUL ANUAR, AWAL RIYANTO, NORHAYATI AHMAD, MOHD A. MUIN, MONTRI SUMONTHA, JESSE L. GRISMER, CHAN KIN ONN, EVAN S. H. QUAH, OLIVIER S. A. PAUWELS 2014. Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian Rock Geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Zootaxa 3880 (1): 001–147 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; PERRY L. WOOD JR., MAKETAB MOHAMED, KIN ONN CHAN, HEATHER M. HEINZ, ALEX S-I. SUMARLI, JACOB A. CHAN, ARIEL I. LOREDO 2013. A new species of karst-adapted Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a threatened karst region in Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3746 (3): 463–472 - get paper here
  • Laidlaw, F. 1901. On a collection of lizards from the Malay Peninsula, made by members of the “Skeat Expedition,” 1899–1900. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1901 (I): 301-311 - get paper here
  • Nguyen, H.N., Hung, C., Yang, M. et al. 2020. Sympatric competitors have driven the evolution of temporal activity patterns in Cnemaspis geckos in Southeast Asia. Sci Rep 10: 27 - get paper here
  • Onn, Chan Kin; L. L. Grismer, Shahrul Anuar, E. Quah, M.A. Muin, A.E. Savage, J.L. Grismer, Norhayati Ahmad, A.C. Remigio, L.F. Greer 2010. A new endemic rock Gecko Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gunung Jerai, Kedah, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2576: 59–68 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1930. The Reptilia and Amphibia of the Malay Peninsula fromt he Isthmus of Kra to Singapore, including the adjacent Islands. A Supplement to G.A. Boulenger’s Reptilia and Batrachia 1912. Bull. Raffles Mus. No. 3: 1-149
  • WOOD, PERRY JR. L.; EVAN S.H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR M.S., MOHD ABDUL MUIN 2013. A new species of lowland karst dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3691 (5): 538–558 - get paper here
 
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