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Cnemaspis temiah GRISMER, WOOD, ANUAR, RIYANTO, AHMAD, MUIN, SUMONTHA, GRISMER, ONN, QUAH & PAUWELS, 2014

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCnemaspis temiah GRISMER, WOOD, ANUAR, RIYANTO, AHMAD, MUIN, SUMONTHA, GRISMER, ONN, QUAH & PAUWELS 2014: 81
Cnemaspis affinis — GRANDISON 1972: 80
Cnemaspis affinis — DRING 1979: 221
Cnemaspis flavolineata — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 211 (in part)
Cnemaspis flavolineata — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 104
Cnemaspis flavolineata — GRISMER 2008: 30
Cnemaspis flavolineata — GRISMER et al. 2008: 9 (in part)
Cnemaspis flavolineata — GRISMER 2011: 317
Cnemaspis flavolineatus — LIM et al. 2002: 51
Cnemaspis temiah — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 
DistributionPeninsular Malaysia (Pahang)

Type locality: trail 11, Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (03°09.01 N, 106°14.03 E) at approximately 1600 m in elevation  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: LSUHC 9110, Adult female collected on 11 November 2008 by L. Lee Grismer, Norhayati Ahmad, and Chan K. Onn. Paratypes. All paratypes are from the same locality as the holotype. LSUHC 9159–60 have the same collectors and collection dates. LSUHC 9739 was collected by Chan K. Onn on 22 March 2010; LSUHC 9816–18 were collected by L. Lee Grismer, Chan K. Onn, and R. Gregory on 27 August 2010. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Maximum SVL 46.7 mm; eight or nine supralabials; 7–9 infralabials; ventral scales keeled; 5–7 continuous, pore-bearing precloacal scales with round pores; 22–27 paravertebral tubercles; body tubercles semi- linearly arranged, weakly present on flanks; tubercles present in lateral caudal furrows; no ventrolateral row of caudal tubercles; lateral row of caudal tubercles present; caudal tubercles not encircling tail; all subcaudals keeled, no enlarged median scale row; three postcloacal tubercles on each side of tail base; no enlarged femoral or subtibial scales; subtibials keeled; no enlarged submetatarsal scales on first toe; 22–26 subdigital fourth toe lamellae; light- colored, vertebral stripe variably present (Tables 6,7). 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet temiah is an invariable noun in apposition in reference to the Temiah Tribe of Orang Asli people that are also endemic to the Cameron Highland region. 
References
  • 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; 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.; 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
  • 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
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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