Cnemaspis palanica PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER, 2021
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Cnemaspis palanica
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cnemaspis palanica PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER 2021 |
| Distribution | India (Palani hills, Tamil Nadu) Type locality: Kookal, Palani Hills, Tamil Nadu (10.298°N, 77.364°E; ca. 1550 m asl) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS 2628, adult male collected by Saunak Pal and Mrugank Prabhu on 10th July 2011. Paratypes: CESL 340, adult male; CESL 339 and BNHS 2629, adult females; collected along with the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small sized Cnemaspis species (SVL up to 30.6 mm) characterised by the presence of homogenous dorsal scales, small, granular; few scattered tubercles on the flank, spinose; ventrals smooth, subimbricate, 103–106 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca, 16–18 midventral scales; two to three pairs of postmentals, first pair separated by a single median scale, each postmental surrounded by three to four scales including median scale; males with 12 to 15 elongated femoral pores, precloacal pores absent; a pair of small postcloacal spur present; subcaudals smooth, median row enlarged; seven to eight supralabials to the angle of jaw; proximal lamellae enlarged plate like, followed by much smaller distal lamellae; 17–18 lamellae on digit IV of pes. (Pal et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Group: Belongs to the littoralis clade. |
| Etymology | Named after the ‘Palani Hills’ in the SWG of Tamil Nadu, from where this species is described. |
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