Cnemaspis anamudiensis CYRIAC, JOHNY, UMESH & PALOT, 2018
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Cnemaspis anamudiensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cnemaspis anamudiensis CYRIAC, JOHNY, UMESH & PALOT 2018 |
| Distribution | India (Kerala: Pettimudi, Anamudi Reserve Forest in the Munnar Forest Division of Idukki District; elevation 1860 – 1900 m) Type locality: Anamudi Reserve Forest (10.16675°N, 076. 99791°E), near Pettimudi in Munnar, Idukki District, Kerala. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/IR.V/2706, an adult male of SVL 58.2 mm; collected on 04 September 2013 by Vivek Philip Cyriac. Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC/IR.V/2707, a sub-adult individual of SVL 42.1mm; collected from rock crevice near a stream at the same locality as holotype on 04 September 2013 by Vivek Philip Cyriac. ZSI/WGRC/IR.V/2708, an adult female of SVL 49.1 mm; collected from rock crevice of a boulder at the same locality as holotype on 04 September 2013 by Vivek Philip Cyriac. ZSI/WGRC/IR.V/2709, a juvenile of SVL 29.9 mm; collected from rock crevice near a stream at the same locality as holotype on 04 September 2013 by Vivek Philip Cyriac. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large sized, robust Cnemaspis with a maximum snout-vent length 58.2 mm (n = 4); mid-dorsal scales heterogeneous with small granular scales intermixed with few large, irregularly arranged tubercles; spine- like tubercles absent on flanks; ventral scales of neck and abdominal smooth, sub-imbricate; supralabials to angle of jaw 7–8; infralabials 7; subdigital lamellae under manus IV 19–21, under pes IV 20–22; tail base slightly swollen with a single postcloacal spurs on each side; dorsal scales of tail smooth, without whorls of enlarge tubercles; subcaudals enlarged, smooth with regularly arranged scales; male with 2 precloacal pores, femoral pores absent. Dorsum dark brown with an interrupted orange/ochre vertebral line; forelimbs and hind limbs speckled with brick red spots; throat and abdomen black in colour. Additional details (1833 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Habitat: crevices of rock boulder in an evergreen forest in Anamudi Reserve Forest. |
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