Cnemaspis sisparensis

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Cnemaspis sisparensis Theobald, 1876 [nomen novum]

Holotype: BMNH 74.4.29.383, ♂, collected by Col. Beddome.
Type locality: “At Sholakal, the foot of the Sispara Ghat”, Malappuram district, Kerala, India.

Gymnodactylus sisparensis Theobald, 1876: 86 [original combination, nomen novum for Gymnodactylus maculatus Beddome, 1870]
Gonatodes sisparensis — Boulenger, 1885: 66 [subsequent combination]
Cnemaspis sisparensis — Smith, 1935: 69 [subsequent combination]

Gymnodactylus maculatus Beddome, 1870: 174 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Gymnodactylus maculatus Steindachner, 1867]
- Holotype: BMNH 74.4.29.383, ♂, collected by Col. Beddome.
- Type locality: “At Sholakal, the foot of the Sispara Ghat”.

Gonatodes bireticulatus Annandale, 1915: 344 [synonymised by Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda (2007: 32)]
- Holotype: ZSI 17970, ♂, collected by F.H. Gravely.
- Type locality: “Karalai 1300-3000 ft, Cochin State”.

Cnemaspis anaikattiensis Mukherjee, Bhupathy & Nixon, 2005: 1327 [synonymised by Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda (2007: 32)]
- Holotype: ZSI 25601, ♂, collected by A.M.A. Nixon and D. Mukherjee on 17 September 2003.
- Type locality: “Anaikatti Hills, Western Ghats, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India, 11°05′30.9″N, 76°47′36.2″E”.
- Paratype: ZSI 25602, ♀, same data as for the holotype.

Beddome, R.H. 1870. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 2: 169–176. Reference page.
Theobald, W. 1876. Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co.: Calcutta. xiii + 238 pp.
Annandale, N. 1915. Herpetological notes and descriptions. Records of the Indian Museum 11: 341–347.
Mukherjee, D., Bhupathy, S. & Nixon, A.M.A. 2005. A new species of day gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis) from the Anaikatti Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Current Science 89(8): 1326–1328. JSTOR Reference page.
Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Batuwita, S. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. A taxonomic revision of the Sri Lankan day-geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis), with description of new species from Sri Lanka and southern India. Zeylanica 7(1): 9–122. Reference page.

Cyriac, V.P., Palot, M.J., Deuti, K. & Umesh, P.K. 2020. A preliminary 16S rRNA phylogeny of the Indian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of two new cryptic species from the C. wynadensis clade. Vertebrate Zoology 70(2): 171–193. DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-2-2020-06 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis sisparensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 February 2023.
Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. IUCN: Cnemaspis sisparensis (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172603A1350155. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172603A1350155.en. Accessed on 02 February 2023.

English: Sispara Day Gecko