Cnemaspis maharashtraensis

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 maharashtraensis

Name

Cnemaspis maharashtraensis Khandekar, Gaikwad, Thackeray, Gangalmale & Agarwal, 2024

• Holotype: NRC-AA-8328 (AK-R 747), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Satpal Gangalmale and Swapnil Pawar on 19 April 2023.
• Type locality: “Rundiv Range, (17.22133°N, 73.72358°E; ca. 900 m asl.), Chandoli National Park in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Sangli District, Maharashtra State, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Gaikwad, S.M., Thackeray, T., Gangalmale, S. & Agarwal, I. 2024. A preliminary taxonomic revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of four new species from southern Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5429(1): 1–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5429.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Maharashtra Dwarf Gecko