Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis

Name

Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis Cyriac & Umesh, 2014: 188

• Holotype: TNHM (H) 13.7.06/80, adult ♀, collected by V.P. Cyriac on 13 May 2013.
• Type locality: “under a stone in Perumalmudi (11°53’56” N, 75°54’25.94” E), in the proposed Kottiyoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Kannur District, Kerala”.

References

Primary references

• Cyriac, V.P. & Umesh, P.K. 2014. Description of a New Ground-Dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Kerala, Allied to C. wynadensis (Beddome, 1870). Russian Journal of Herpetology 21(3): 187–194. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2014-21-3-187-194 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 April 2019.
• Narayanan, S. & Giri, V. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T127938529A127938543. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127938529A127938543.en. Accessed on 24 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Kottiyoor Day Gecko