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Cnemaspis tenkasiensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tenkasi dwarf gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis tenkasiensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL 2024: 54 
DistributionIndia (Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: near Ayanadu Estate (9.1156°N, 77.2369°E; ca. 1170 m asl.), Mekkarai, Tenkasi District, Tamil Nadu State, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NRC-AA-8408 (AK-R 1283), adult male; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 14th April 2022.
Paratypes. NRC-AA-8409 (AK-R 1282), NRC-AA-8410 (AK-R 1284), adult males, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-8411 (AK-R 1285), NRC-AA-8412 (AK-R 1287), NRC-AA-8413 (AK-R 1303), adult males, from near Ayanadu Estate (9.1132°N, 77.2349°E; ca. 1000 m asl.), Mekkarai, same collection data as holotype. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, the Tenkasi District of Tamil Nadu. 
References
  • KHANDEKAR, AKSHAY, TEJAS THACKERAY, and ISHAN AGARWAL 2024. Five new species of the Cnemaspis beddomei clade (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from high elevation, evergreen forests of the Southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5469 (1): 1-70 - get paper here
 
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