Cnemaspis nilagirica

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

Holotype: BMNH 74.4.29.729, ♀, collected by Colonel Beddome.

Type locality: “Nilgiries”, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu State, south- western India.

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., Johny, A., Umesh, P., Palot, M.J. & Campbell, P.D. 2019. Rediscovery of Cnemaspis nilagirica Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita and Pethiyagoda, 2007 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kerala, India with notes on morphology and distribution. Zootaxa 4586(1): 98–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.1.4 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Cnemaspis nilagirica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 February 2019.
Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. IUCN: Cnemaspis nilagirica (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T194097A2298267. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194097A2298267.en

English: Nilgiri Day Gecko