Cnemaspis karsticola GRISMER, GRISMER, WOOD & CHAN, 2008
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Karst-dwelling Rock Gecko |
Synonym | Cnemaspis karsticola GRISMER, GRISMER, WOOD & CHAN 2008 Cnemaspis karsticola — GRISMER 2011 Cnemaspis karsticola — GRISMER et al. 2014: 63 |
Distribution | W Malaysia (Kelantan) Type locality: at 113 m [elevation] from Gunung Reng, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia (05°42.905 N, 101°44.726 E). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZRC 2.6765, adult male, collected on 19 June 2008 by L. Lee Grimser, Jesse L. Grismer, and Perry L. Wood, Jr. at 1530 hrs. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Maximum SVL 48.1 mm; seven or eight supralabials; six or seven infralabials; ventral scales keeled; seven or eight contiguous, pore-bearing precloacal scales with round pores; 17–19 paravertebral tubercles; body tubercles not linearly arranged, present on flanks; tubercles absent from lateral caudal furrows; no ventrolateral caudal tubercles; lateral row of caudal tubercles present; caudal tubercles not encircling tail; all subcaudals keeled, no enlarged median scale row; two or three postcloacal tubercles on each side of tail base; no enlarged femoral or subtibial scales; subtibials keeled; no submetatarsal scales on first toe; 27–30 subdigital fourth toe lamellae; subcaudal region white (Tables 6,7 in GRISMER et al. 2014). |
Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | The specific epithet karsticola comes from the word karst, a particular form of limestone outcropping and the Latin suffix colo that means to inhabit or to dwell in. |
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