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Cnemaspis anandani MURTHY, NITESH, SENGUPTA & DEEPAK, 2019

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Anandan’s Day Gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis anandani MURTHY, NITESH, SENGUPTA & DEEPAK 2019 
DistributionIndia (Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: Horasholai (N 11.416; E 76.82 elevation 1,990 mtrs.) from the culvert passage below the road, which is close to a tea estate. The locality is about 6.2 kms from Kothagiri village, Nilgiri district, Tamil Nadu of the Western Ghats region.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSI/WGRC/2958 (adult male) collected during evening hours (16.09 hrs.), specimen collected by Nitesh. A, B. H. Channakeshava Murthy and R. Venkitesan on 24th July 2017 (Figure 1A-E; Figure 2 A & B; Figure 7 in Murthy et al. 2019).
Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC/2959 (female), 2960 (male), 2961 (female), 2962 (female), 2963 (male), 2964 (female), 2965 (male) & 2966 (male), a total of 8 numbers, collection data same as holotype (Figure 3), specimens collected by Nitesh. A, B.H. Channakeshava Murthy and R. Venkitesan on 24th July 2017. 
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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a patronym, named after Anandan Sethuraman an reputed Wildlife Conservationist, by honoring his contribution towards protection of Wildlife in the Niligiri district, Tamil Nadu, India. 
References
  • Murthy, B. H. Channakeshava; A. Nitesh, Shruti Sengupta & P. Deepak 2019. A New Species of Day Gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata : Gekkonidae) from the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Rec. Zool Surv. India 119 (3) - get paper here
 
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