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Cnemaspis kotagamai KARUNARATHNA, DE SILVA, BOTEJUE, SURASINGHE, WICKRAMASINGHE, UKUWELA & BAUER, 2019

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kotagama’s Day Gecko
Sinhala: Kotagamage Diva-seri Hoona
Tamil: Kotagamavin Pahalpalli 
SynonymCnemaspis kotagamai KARUNARATHNA, DE SILVA, BOTEJUE, SURASINGHE, WICKRAMASINGHE, UKUWELA & BAUER in KARUNARATHNA et al. 2019: 330 
DistributionSri Lanka (Sabaragamu Province)

Type locality: granite cave Bambaragala, Pallebedda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamu Province, Sri Lanka (6.512978°N, 80.750306°E, WGS1984; elevation 127 m  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: NMSL 2019.15.01, adult male, 29.8 mm SVL (Fig. 3), collected; around 1100 hrs) on 18 January 2019 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva.
Paratypes: NMSL 2019.15.02, adult male, 31.1 mm SVL, and NMSL 2019.15.03, adult female, 32.6 mm SVL, collected from a granite cave in Bambaragala, Pallebedda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Prov- ince, Sri Lanka (6.517261°N, 80.752692°E, WGS1984; elevation 132 m; around 1200 hrs) on 18 January 2019 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cnemaspis kotagamai sp. nov. may be readily distinguished from its Sri Lankan congeners by a combination of the following morphological and meristic characteristics as well as color patterns: maximum SVL 32.6 mm; dorsum with heterogeneous, smooth intermixed with weakly keeled granular scales; 2/2 supranasals, one internasal, 2/2 postnasals; 3–4 enlarged postmentals; postmentals bounded by 5–6 chin scales; chin, gular, pectoral, and abdominal scales smooth, subimbricate; 21–22 belly scales across midbody; 6–7 well-developed tubercles on posterior flank; 114–119 paravertebral
granules linearly arranged; one precloacal pore, 4–5 femoral pores in males, separated by 11–13 unpored proximal femoral scales, 2–6 unpored distal femoral scales; 131–137 ventral scales; 79–84 midbody scales; subcaudals smooth, median row comprising an irregular series of diamond-shaped, small scales; 7–8 supralabials; 7–8 infralabials; 13–15 total lamellae on 4th digit of manus, and 17–18 total lamellae on 4th digit of pes.


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CommentSympatry: Gehyra mutilata, Hemidactylus depressus, H. frenatus, and H. parvimaculatus.

Similar species: C. ingerorum, C. kallima 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is an eponym Latinized (kotagamai) in the masculine genitive singular, honoring prominent Sri Lankan scientist (ornithologist), Sarath Wimalabandara Kotagama (Emeritus Professor of the University of Colombo) for his valuable contributions towards biodiversity conservation and management in Sri Lanka. 
References
  • Karunarathna S, de Silva A, Botejue M, Gabadage D, Somaratna L, Hettige A, Aberathna N, Madawala M, Edirisinghe G, Perera N, Wickramaarachchi S, Surasinghe T, Karunarathna N, Wickramasinghe M, Ukuwela KDB, Bauer AM. 2019. Three new species of day geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from isolated granite cave habitats in Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 323–354 (e216)
 
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