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Cnemaspis gracilis (BEDDOME, 1870)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Slender Day Gecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus gracilis BEDDOME 1870: 32
Gonatodes gracilis — BOULENGER 1885: 70
Cnemaspis gracilis — SMITH 1935: 74
Cnemaspis gracilis — MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI et al. 2007
Cnemaspis cf. gracilis — GANESH et al. 2018
Cnemaspis gracilis — KHANDEKAR et al. 2023 
DistributionIndia (Tamil Nadu, Kerala)

Type locality: “Palghat Hills” (Kerala State, India) [lectotype]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 74.4.29.393 (male), (designated by MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI et al. 2007). 29.7 mm SVL, coll. Colonel R. H. Beddome. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cnemaspis gracilis differs from its peninsular Indian and Sri Lankan congeners by a combination of the following characters. Maximum SVL 32.9 mm; paired postmentals broadly in contact, each postmental bounded by 2 scales; ventrals, 111; dorsal scales heterogeneous with large, keeled tubercles in 11 or 12 rows on dorsum; spine-like tubercles present on flanks; ventrals smooth, imbricate; 2 preanal pores, separated by 2 unpored scales; 3–5 femoral pores on each side; subcaudals smooth, imbricate, not enlarged; supralabials to angle of jaws, 7; subdigital lamellae on digit IV of pes, 22 [from MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI et al. 2007].


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CommentC. gracilis has been synonymized with C. kandianus previously. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin gracilis, slender, thin, slim. 
References
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