Cnemaspis ornata (BEDDOME, 1870)
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Ornate Day Gecko, Ornate Dwarf Gecko |
Synonym | Gymnodactylus ornatus BEDDOME 1870: 32 Gonatodes ornatus — BOULENGER 1885: 66 Gonatodes ornatus — ANNANDALE 1909: 253 Cnemaspis ornata – SMITH 1935: 70 Cnemaspis ornata – WERMUTH 1965: 15 Cnemaspis ornata — KLUGE 1993 Cnemaspis (Cnemaspis) ornata — RÖSLER 2000: 63 Cnemaspis ornata — MURTHY 2010: 92 |
Distribution | S India (Tinnevelly and Anaimalai Hills, Malabar, Travancore, Kerala, Tamil Nadu). Type locality: South Tinnevelly Hills. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotype: BMNH 74.4.29.400, male, (designated by MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI et al. 2007). 42.0 mm SVL, “South Tinnevelly Hills” (Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu State, India). |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cnemaspis ornata differs from its peninsular Indian and Sri Lankan congeners by a combination of the following characters. Maximum SVL 42.0 mm; paired postmentals widely separated by a medial scale; each postmental bounded by 3 or 4 scales including medial scale; ventrals, 161; dorsal scales heterogeneous with enlarged tubercles; spine-like tubercles absent on flank; ventrals smooth, subimbricate; 6–8 preanal pores; no femoral pores; subcaudals smooth, median series with individual large, divided scales alternating with pairs of smaller undivided ones; supralabials to angle of jaws, 7–9; subdigital lamellae on digit IV of pes, 30 [from MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI et al. 2007]. |
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