Cnemaspis nigriventris PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER, 2021
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Cnemaspis nigriventris
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cnemaspis nigriventris PAL, MIRZA, DSOUZA & SHANKER 2021 |
| Distribution | India (Kerala) Type locality: Achankovil Reserve Forest (9.127 °N, 77.177°E; 207 m asl) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS 2619, adult male, collected by Saunak Pal and Mrugank Prabhu on 25th May 2011. Paratype: CESL 264, adult male and CESL 265, juvenile; collected along with the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium sized Cnemaspis species (SVL up to 38.2 mm) characterised by the presence of heterogenous dorsal scales, small granular scales intermixed with rounded, regularly arranged tubercles; absence of spine like tubercles on the flank; paired postmentals separated by 1 median scale; 13–14 rows of middorsal tubercles; ventrals small, smooth, 154–159 scales from mental to cloaca; 38–40 midventral scales; one postcloacal spur on each side; males with 6–7 precloacal pores, femoral pores absent; subcaudals smooth, median row enlarged, with two slightly smaller scales alternating single larger one; 7–8 supralabials to the angle of jaw; an enlarged metacarpal scale below digit I; few subdigital lamellae on proximal series fragmented followed by entire, distal lamellae entire; 24–25 lamellae on digit IV of pes. (Pal et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Group: Belongs to the beddomei clade. |
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