Cnemaspis kohukumburai KARUNARATHNA, POYARKOV, DE SILVA, MADAWALA, BOTEJUE, GORIN, SURASINGHE, GABADAGE, UKUWELA & BAUER, 2019
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Cnemaspis kohukumburai
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kohukumbures’ day gecko Sinhala: Kohukumburege diva-seri hoona |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis kohukumburai KARUNARATHNA, POYARKOV, DE SILVA, MADAWALA, BOTEJUE, GORIN, SURASINGHE, GABADAGE, UKUWELA & BAUER 2019 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka (Kandy District) Type locality: granite tunnel in Kadugannawa, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka (7.251800° N, 80.509378° E, WGS1984; elevation 427 m. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NMSL.2019.05.01, adult male, 33.9 mm SVL (Fig. 10), collected around 09.00 hrs) on 12 October 2018 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. Paratypes. NMSL.2019.05.02, adult male, 32.5 mm SVL, and NMSL.2019.05.03, adult female, 31.0 mm SVL collected from a granite tunnel in Kadugannawa, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka (7.251658° N, 80.512561° E, WGS1984; elevation 435 m; around 10.00 hrs), on 12 October 2018 by Suranjan Karunarathna and Anslem de Silva. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cnemaspis kohukumburai sp. nov. can be readily distinguished from its Sri Lankan congeners by a combination of the following morphological and meristic characteristics and color pattern: maximum SVL 33.9 mm; dorsum with homogeneous, smooth granular scales; 2/2 supranasals, 1 internasal and 1/1 postnasal present; 3 enlarged postmentals; postmentals bounded by 5 chin scales; chin and gular scales smooth, granular, juxtaposed; pectoral and abdominal scales smooth, subimbricate; 7 – 8 well developed tubercles on posterior flank; 150 – 159 paravertebral granules linearly arranged; 23 belly scales across the venter; precloacal pores absent in males, 6 – 9 femoral pores on each side in males separated by 25 unpored femoro-precloacal scales, 1 – 2 unpored posterior femoral scales; 131 – 134 ventral scales; 81 – 88 midbody scales; subcaudals smooth, subhexagonal, enlarged, subequal, forming aregular median row; 8 – 9 supralabials; 7 – 8 infralabials; 21 – 22 total lamellae on digit IV of manus, and 23 – 25 total lamellae on digit IV of pes. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is an eponym Latinized (kohukumburai) in the masculine genitive singular, honouring the Sri Lankan warrior ‘Kohukumbure Walauwe Rate Rala’ for his valiant feats in the Great Rebellion of 1817 – 1818 which was initiated in Uva-Wellassa. |
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