Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL, 2024
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Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Sathuragiri dwarf gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL 2024: 225 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: near Sathuragiri entry point (9.7093°N, 77.6307°E; ca 250 m a.s.l.), Sathuragiri, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu state, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-8349 (AK-R 1510), adult male; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 26 April 2022. Paratypes. NRC-AA 8350 (AK-R 1511), NRC-AA-8351 (AK-R 1512), adult males, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-8352 (AK-R 1513), adult male, NRC-AA-8353 (AK-R 1515), subadult female, from near Vazhukkuparai Saptur Reserve Forest (9.7174°N, 77.6244°E; ca 400 m a.s.l.), Sathuragiri; same data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small-sized Cnemaspis, snout to vent length ≤ 33 mm (n = 5). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; smooth to weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with irregularly arranged rows of enlarged, weakly keeled, conical tubercles; 6–8 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, paravertebral tubercles either absent or irregular; ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular and subimbricate with rounded end; 28–30 midventral scales across belly, 130–137 longitudinal ventral scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, some divided and others entire, a distinct enlarged metacarpal scale below digit I; 11–13 lamellae under digit I of manus and 11 or 12 under digit I of pes, 18–21 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 23 or 24 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with continuous series of seven or eight precloacal pores (n = 4); scales on non-regenerated tail dorsum heterogeneous; small, smooth, subcircular, flattened, subimbricate scales intermixed on anterior one third portion with enlarged, weakly keeled, and weakly conical tubercles forming eight whorls; six tubercles on first whorl, four tubercles on second to fourth whorls, only a pair of paravertebral tubercles each on fifth to eighth whorls; rest of the tail lacking enlarged tubercles; median row of subcaudals smooth, roughly subcircular, distinctly enlarged than rest, with condition of two enlarged scales alternating with a divided scale. Males with ochre dorsum, single central black dorsal ocellus on neck, a white ocellus on ventrolateral side of neck and one on throat posterior to jaw, venter off-white with dark throat, tail unbanded, females and juveniles brown with a prominent mid-dorsal streak. Additional details (2349 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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