Cnemaspis umashaankeri

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 umashaankeri

Name

Cnemaspis umashaankeri Narayanan & Aravind, 2022: 826

• Holotype: ZSI-R-28301, adult ♂, collected by Aravind N.A. and Surya Narayanan on 14 October 2021.
• Type locality: “Biligiri Rangan Hills village, Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, India (12.002204°N and 77.145234°E, 1161 m asl)”.

References

Primary references

• Narayanan, S. & Aravind, N.A. 2022. A new species of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Biligirirangan Hills of Southern India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 823–837. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e89324 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Umashaanker’s Dwarf Gecko