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Cnemaspis pakkamalaiensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, KALAIMANI & AGARWAL, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pakkamalai dwarf gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis pakkamalaiensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, KALAIMANI & AGARWAL 2023: 891
Cnemaspis otai — GANESH et al. 2018
Cnemaspis otai — KARTHIK et al. 2018 
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-1280 (AK-R 124), adult male (SVL = 29.0 mm), collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team, on 3rd April 2021.
Paratypes (n = 5). NRC-AA-1281 (AK-R 123) and NRC-AA-1282 (AK-R 126), adult males, same collection data as holotype; NRC-AA-1283 (AK-R 131) and NRC-AA-­ 1284 (AK-R 2344), adult males, and NRC-AA-1285 (AK-R 122), adult female, from another side of Pakkamalai Reserve Forest (12.16936°N, 79.30614°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.), Gingee Hills, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu state, India, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team, on 19th September 2022.
Other specimens (n = 1). AK-R 121, juvenile specimen, from Pakkamalai Reserve Forest (12.17343°N, 79.31772°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.), same collection data as holotype. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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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