Cnemaspis thackerayi

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 thackerayi

Name

Cnemaspis thackerayi Khandekar, Gaitonde & Agarwal 2019: 78

• Holotype: NCBS-BH670, adult ♂, collected by A. Khandekar and T. Thackeray on 12 September 2018.
• Type locality: “near Grange resort, Yercaud town, in the Shevaroys (11.775° N 78.219° E; ca. 1388 m asl.), Salem district, Tamil Nadu state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Gaitonde, N. & Agarwal, I. 2019. Two new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shevaroy massif, Tamil Nadu, India, with a preliminary ND2 phylogeny of Indian Cnemaspis. Zootaxa 4609(1): 68–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis thackerayi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 April 2022.
• Giri, V. & Ganesh, S.R. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis thackerayi  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T153293524A153293528. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T153293524A153293528.en. Accessed on 22 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Thackeray’s Dwarf Gecko