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Cnemaspis assamensis DAS & SENGUPTA, 2000

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Assam Day Gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis (Cnemaspis) assamensis DAS & SENGUPTA 2000
Cnemaspis assamensis — DAS & AHMED 2007
Cnemaspis assamensis — AGARWAL et al. 2021 
DistributionNE India (Assam)

Type locality: Mayeng Rserve Forest of Kamrup district, Assam.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZRC 2.4673 (Raffles Museum, Singapore) 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Agarwal, I., Kamei, R. G., & Mahony, S. 2021. The phylogenetic position of the enigmatic Assam day gecko Cnemaspis cf. assamensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) demonstrates a novel biogeographic connection between Northeast India and south India-Sri Lanka. Amphibia-Reptilia 42 (3): 355–367 - get paper here
  • Das, A. & Ahmed, M.F. 2007. Range extension of Assamese Day Gekko Cnemaspis assamensis DAS and SENGUPTA (SAuria: Gekkonidae). Zoos’ Print Journal 22 (6): 2730 - get paper here
  • Das, Abhijit 2016. Addition to the Herpetofauna of Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan, with six new country records. Herpetology Notes 9: 261-278 - get paper here
  • DAS, I. & LIM, K.K.P. 2001. Catalogue of herpetological types in the collection of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore. Raffles Bull. Zool. 49 (1): 7-11 - get paper here
  • DAS, I. & S. SENGUPTA 2000. A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Assam, northeastern India. J. South Asian Nat. Hist, 5(1): 17-23. - get paper here
  • Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp.
  • Mahananda, P., S.N. Jelil, S.C. Bohra, N. Mahanta, R.B. Saikia & J. Purkayastha 2023. Terrestrial vertebrate and butterfly diversity of Garbhanga Landscape, Assam, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(4): 23029–23046 - get paper here
  • Purkayastha J. 2013. An Amateur’s Guide to Reptiles of Assam. EBH Publishers (India) - get paper here
  • Purkayastha, J. 2018. Urban biodiversity: an insight into the terrestrial vertebrate diversity of Guwahati, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(10): 12299–12316; - get paper here
  • Sayyed, A., Das, M., Amarasinghe, A. T., Bhattacharjee, R., & Purkayastha, J. 2025. A NEW DAY GECKO OF THE Cnemaspis podihuna (REPTILIA: GEKKONIDAE) CLADE FROM NORTHEAST INDIA. TAPROBANICA, 14 (2): 107–120 - get paper here
  • Sengupta, SHRUTI; JAYADITYA PURAKAYASTA, NITESH ANANDAN, MADHURIMA DAS, KIN ONN CHAN, CHANNAKESAVA MURTHY 2021. The odd one in: re-diagnosis and phylogenetic placement of the Assam Day Gecko, Cnemaspis assamensis Das & Sengupta 2000 (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 5048 (4): 581-593 - get paper here
  • Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here
 
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