Cnemaspis amba

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 amba

Name

Cnemaspis amba Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019: 55

• Holotype: NCBS-BH690 (field number VG 0407), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar and Abhilash Kadam on 27 March 2018.
• Type locality: “near Kokan Darshan Point, Manoli village, near Amba (16.928° N 73.796° E; ca. 820 m asl.), Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2019. Two more new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4656(1): 43–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis amba. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 April 2022.
• Thakur, S., Mohapatra, P. & Srinivasulu, C. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis amba  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T156724226A156724235. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T156724226A156724235.en. Accessed on 22 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Amba Dwarf Gecko