Cnemaspis scalpensis

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 scalpensis (Ferguson, 1877)

Holotype: Unknown.
Neotype: NMSL 20061101, adult ♂, collected by L.J. Mendis Wickramasinghe on 27 December 2003. [designated by Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda (2007: 52)]
Type locality: “mountains of Ceylon”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Gannoruwa Forest Reserve, near Peradeniya, Kandy District, 07°16′56.7″N, 80°35′54.0″E, 576 m” by Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda (2007: 52).

Gymnodactylus scalpensis Ferguson, 1877: 13 [original combination]
Cnemaspis jerdoni scalpensis — Deraniyagala, 1953: 39 [subsequent combination]
Cnemaspis scalpensis — Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007 [subsequent combination]

Ferguson, W. 1877. Reptile fauna of Ceylon. Letter on a collection sent to the Colombo Museum. Herbert, Ceylon.
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.

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Karunarathna, S., Perera, N., Madawala, M., de Alwis Goonatilake, S. & Botejue, M. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis scalpensis (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197226A123312142. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197226A123312142.en. Accessed on 16 June 2025.