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Cnemaspis cavernicola KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, KALAIMANI & AGARWAL, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cave-dwelling dwarf gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis cavernicola KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, KALAIMANI & AGARWAL 2023: 900 
DistributionIndia (Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: Pakkamalai Reserve Forest (12.17224°N, 79.31907°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.), Gingee Hills, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu state, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NRC-AA-1286 (AK-R 2339), adult male (SVL 32.2 mm), collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team, on 19th September 2022.
Paratypes (n = 4). NRC-AA-1287 (AK-R 135) and NRC-AA-1288 (AK-R 2341), adult males, same collection data as holotype except for NRC-AA-1287 which was collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team on 3rd April 2021; NRC-AA-1289 (AK-R 2340) and NRC-AA-1290 (AK-R 2342), adult females, from near Sri Vanadurgai Amman Temple, Pakkamalai Reserve Forest (12.16991°N, 79.30865°E; elevation ca. 480 m asl.), Gingee Hills, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu state, India, same collection data as holotype.
Other specimens (n = 2). AK-R 134, AK-R 2343, juveniles, from Pakkamalai Reserve Forest (12.16825°N, 79.31971°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.), same collection data as holotype. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “caverna’ for cave and “cola” meaning inhabitant or dweller, as the species is only known to occur in caves and crevices below large granite boulders. 
References
  • Khandekar A, Thackeray T, Kalaimani A, Agarwal I 2023. Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Gingee Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 887-913 - get paper here
 
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