Cnemaspis gemunu

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Cnemaspis gemunu Bauer, de Silva, Greenbaum & Jackman, 2007: 24

Holotype: NMSL (AMB 7495), adult ♂, collected by A.M. Bauer, A. de Silva and C.A. Austin on 15 November 2002.
Type locality: “Sri Lanka, Central Province, Nuwara Eliya District, Hakgala, Hakgala Botanic Gardens (6°55’30’’ N, 80°49’15’’ E), 1660m”.

Bauer, A.M., de Silva, A., Greenbaum, E. & Jackman, T.R. 2007. A new species of day gecko from high elevation in Sri Lanka, with a preliminary phylogeny of Sri Lankan Cnemaspis (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin 83(S1): 22–32.

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.

Samarawickrama, P., Vidanapathirana, D., Botejue, M., Karunarathna, S., Amarasinghe, A., Samarasinghe, D., Gabadage, D., Madawala, M. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis gemunu (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197238A123312202. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197238A123312202.en. Accessed on 16 June 2025.