Cnemaspis podihuna

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 Cladus: 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: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Cnemaspis podihuna Deraniyagala, 1944: 226

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.1.20, adult ♂, collected by P.E.P. Deraniyagala on 7 April 1944.
Type locality: “Lahugala, Eastern Province, Ceylon”.

Deraniyagala, P. 1944. A new Cnemaspis gecko from Ceylon. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon) 36: 226–227.

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.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T. & Campbell, P.D. 2016. On the resolution of a long standing issue surrounding the holotype of Cnemaspis podihuna Deraniyagala, 1944 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4137(296): 1–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.296.12. Reference page.

Kannishka, S., Karunarathna, S., Amarasinghe, A., Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Perera, N., Madawala, M., Botejue, M. & de Alwis Goonatilake, S. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis podihuna (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178662A123308310. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178662A123308310.en. Accessed on 16 June 2025.