Cnemaspis girii MIRZA, PAL, BHOSALE & SANAP, 2014
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Cnemaspis girii
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Giri’s Day Gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis girii MIRZA, PAL, BHOSALE & SANAP 2014 |
| Distribution | India (Maharashtra) Type locality: INDIA, Maharashtra, Satara district, Kass plateau (17°43'25.57"N, 73°49'9.44"E, elevation 1,203 m. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS = BNHM 2299, adult male, collected by Harshal Bhosale & Zeeshan Mirza, 25 January 2013. Paratypes: male BNHS 2079 H. Bhosale and N. Chandak, female BNHS 2078 collected by H. Bhosale and N. Chandak, male BNHS 2081 collected by A. Shaikh, female BNHS 2080 collected by S. Chikane. All specimens collected on 29 July 2010,three males CESL 856–858, 1 female CESL 855, collected by Harshal Bhosale & Zeeshan Mirza, 25 January 2013. Locality data same as for holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small sized Cnemaspis, SVL less than 35 mm (21.52–33.65, n=9). Dorsal scales on trunk heterogeneous, granular scales intermixed with large smooth scales and large keeled conical tubercles. Paired postmentals, inner postmentals separated by a single enlarged chin shield. Spine-like tubercles absent on flank. Ventral scales on trunk smooth, imbricate, 26–28 scales across the belly between the lowest rows of dorsal scales. Subdigital scansors smooth, entire, unnotched; lamellae under digit IV of pes 17–20. Males with four femoral pores on each side and no pre-cloacal pores. Original tail sub-cylindrical, with 6 rows of large (much larger than those on the dorsum), posteriorly pointed in males dorsal tubercles; median row of sub-caudals smooth, imbricate and not enlarged. Cnemaspis girii sp. nov. may be distinguished from all other peninsular Indian congeners on the basis of the following differing or non-overlapping characters: spine-like tubercles absent on flank [spine-like tubercles present on flank in C. goaensis (Sharma), C. indraneildasii, C. jerdonii (Theobald), C. littoralis, C. monticola (Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda), C. mysoriensis, C. nilagirica (Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda)]; scales on dorsal aspect of trunk heterogeneous [scales homogenous in C. boiei (Gray), C. indica (Gray), C. jerdonii, C. kolhapurensis, C. littoralis, C. mysoriensis, C. nilagirica]; tail with smooth imbricate median row of sub-caudals scales not enlarged [smooth enlarged median row of sub-caudals in C. boiei, C. goaensis, C. gracilis (Beddome), C. heteropholis (Bauer), C. indica, C. jerdonii, C. kolhapurensis, C. nairi (Inger, Marx & Koshy), C. nilagirica, C. ornata (Beddome), C. sisparensis (Theobald), C. wynadensis (Beddome)]; C. monticola intermixed with keeded subcaudals, C. australis (Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda) with keeled sub-caudals); males with 4 femoral pores on each side (femoral pores absent where as pre-cloacal pores present in C. beddomei (Theobald), C. nairi, C. ornata; males with pre-cloacal as well as femoral pores: C. australis, C. goaensis, C. gracilis, C. mysoriensis, C. otai (Das & Bauer), C. yercaudensis (Das & Bauer); pores absent in both sexes of C. boiei; males with femoral pores 6 in C. heteropholis, 5 in C. indica, 8 in C. jerdonii,14–18 femoral pores in C. littoralis,7–8 in C. sisparensis, 4-6 in C. wynadensis. For comparison with Sri Lankan Cnemaspis refer to Manamendra-Arachchi et al. (2007) |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is a patronym, honouring Dr. Varad Giri of Bombay Natural History Society for his immense contribution to Indian herpetology and continued support to the authors. |
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