Cnemaspis rajgadensis

Cnemaspis rajgadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: Cnemaspis rajgadensis

Name

Cnemaspis rajgadensis Sayyed, Cyriac, Pardeshi & Sulakhe, 2021: 28

• Holotype: BNHS 3100, adult ♂, collected by Amit Sayyed on 27 September 2020.
• Type locality: “India; Rajgad fort, Pune District, Maharashtra State; 18°14'46N, 73°40'55E; 1324 m a.s.l.”
• Paratypes (2): BNHS 3101 and 3102, both adult ♀, collected by Abhijit Nale, Kiran Ahire and Mahesh Bandgar, same data as for holotype.

References

Primary references

• Sayyed, A., Cyriac, V.P., Pardeshi, A. & Sulakhe, S. 2021. Dwarfs of the fortress: A new cryptic species of dwarf gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Rajgad fort in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Evolutionary Systematics 5: 25–38. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.62929 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Cnemaspis rajgadensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 May 2021.

Vernacular names

• English: Rajgad Dwarf Gecko

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