Cnemaspis magnifica

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 magnifica

Name

Cnemaspis magnifica Khandekar, Thackeray, Pal & Agarwal, 2020: 70

• Holotype: NCBS-BH699 (AK 857), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and Tejas Thackeray on 5 June 2019.
• Type locality: “Mookanana resort campus, Hongadahalla village, Sakleshpur (12.781°N, 75.708°E; ca. 570 m asl.), Hassan District, Karnataka, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Pal, S. & Agarwal, I. 2020. A new large-bodied, rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4801(1): 57–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemaspis magnifica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Magnificent Dwarf Gecko