Cnemaspis persephone KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL, 2024
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Cnemaspis persephone
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Anaimalai ground-dwelling dwarf gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis persephone KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL 2024: 358 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: Karian Shola (10.47450°N, 76.83503°E; ca. 780 m asl.), Anaimalai Tiger Reserve, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu State, India. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-8354 (AK-R 992), adult male; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 21th May 2022. Paratypes. NRC-AA-8362 (AK-R 991) and NRC-AA-8355 (AK-R 2652) adult females, same data as holotype except latter was collected on 8th october 2022; NRC-AA-8356 (AK-R 2653), NRC-AA-8358 (AK-R 2655) adult females, NRC-AA-8357 (AK-R 2654) subadult female, from near Varagaliyar Elephant Camp (10.41475°N, 76.86493°E; ca. 720 m asl.), Anaimalai Tiger Reserve; NRC-AA-8359 (AK-R 2665) adult male, NRC-AA-8360 (AK-R 2679) subadult female, NRC-AA-8361 (AK-R 2685) adult female, from Perungundru Hill trail (10.42297°N, 76.87189°E; ca. 600 m asl.), Anaimalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu State, India; same collection data as holotype except collected on 9th october 2022. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Cnemaspis, maximum snout to vent length up to 39.6 mm (n = 9). Dorsal pholidosis homogeneous; weakly keeled granules which are smallest on paravertebral region, increasing in size towards flank, largest on mid flank, gradually decreasing in size ventrolaterally; 40–43 granules around the body at midbody, ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular and subimbricate with rounded end; 19–22 scales across belly at midbody, 108–125 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, some divided and others entire, a slightly enlarged metacarpal scale below digit I; 12–15 lamellae under digit I of manus and 11–13 under digit I of pes, 17–21 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 18–24 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with five or six femoral pore series on each thigh separated by 13 poreless scales (n = 2/9); scales on non-regenerated tail dorsum homogeneous; small, smooth, elongate, flattened, and subimbricate scales, gradually increasing in size laterally; median row of subcaudals smooth, roughly rectangular, distinctly enlarged; postcloacal tubercle absent. No sexual dichromatism; dorsal colouration olive-brown, a small black spot each on the occiput and nape, indistinct light middorsal streak with indistinct small black middorsal spots to tail base, (middorsal streak prominent in juveniles); tail with alternating, irregular light and dark bands. (Khandekar et al. 2024) |
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