Cnemaspis alwisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: Cnemaspis alwisi

Name

Cnemaspis alwisi Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007: 5

• Holotype: NMSL 2004.9.1, adult ♂, collected by L.J. Mendis Wickramasinghe and D.A.I. Munindradasa on 23 December 2003.
• Type locality: “Dolukanda, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, (N 07°37’07.8” E 80°24’50.3”, elevation 152m)”.

Native distribution areas

• Sri Lanka (Retigala and Maragala mountains, Nilgala area)

References

Primary references

• Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. & Munindradasa, D.I.A. 2007. Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 1490(1): 1–63. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1490.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis alwisi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Alwis’s Day Gecko