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Cnemaspis maharashtraensis KHANDEKAR, GAIKWAD, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE & AGARWAL, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Maharashtra dwarf gecko 
SynonymCnemaspis maharashtraensis KHANDEKAR, GAIKWAD, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE & AGARWAL 2024: 91 
DistributionIndia (Maharashtra)

Type locality: Rundiv Range, (17.22133°N, 73.72358°E; ca. 900 m asl.), Chandoli National Park in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Sangli District, Maharashtra State, India  
Reproduction 
Typesholotype. NRC-AA-8328 (AK-R 747), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Satpal Gangalmale and Swapnil Pawar on 19th April 2023.
paratypes (n=6; fig. 29). NRC-AA-8330 (AK-R 745), BNHS 2878 (AK-R 746), adult males, same collection data as holotype; ZSI-R-28774 (AK-R 741), subadult female, ZSI-R-28773 (AK-R 742), adult female, NRC-AA-8329 (AK-R 743), adult male, from near Kandhar Dhoh (17.24158°N, 73.72755°E; ca. 820 m asl.), Chandoli National Park in, Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Sangli District, same collection data as holotype; BNHS 2879 (AK- R 749), adult male, from Rundiv Range, (17.23405°N, 73.71558°E; ca. 900 m asl.), Chandoli National Park in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Sangli District, same collection data as holotype. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality in Maharashtra State, India. 
References
  • KHANDEKAR, A., GAIKWAD, S. M., THACKERAY, T., GANGALMALE, S., & AGARWAL, I. 2024. A preliminary taxonomic revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of four new species from southern Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 5429 (1): 1-114 - get paper here
 
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