Cnemaspis
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| Unidentified Cnemaspis gecko from the Western Ghats. Note the round pupil. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 |
Cnemaspis is a genus of diurnal gecko found in Asia. With around 75 species it is one of the most diverse genera of geckos or even lizards.
[edit] Description
Members in this genus have slender clawed digits which are cylindrical or depressed at the base (rarely dilated); the distal phalanges are compressed, forming an angle with the basal portion of the digits, the lower surface of which has a row of plates. Body more or less depressed, granular or tubercular above. Tail not compressed. Pupil circular; eyelid distinct all round the eye. Males with or without pre-anal or femoral pores.[1]
[edit] Classification of genus Cnemaspis
- Cnemaspis barbouri
- Cnemaspis baueri
- Cnemaspis dickersoni, Dickerson's Gecko
- Cnemaspis dilepis, Two-scaled Gecko
- Cnemaspis dringi
- Cnemaspis flavolineata, Yellow-Striped Rock Gecko
- Cnemaspis gordongekkoi
- Cnemaspis kendallii, Kendall's Gecko
- Cnemaspis koehleri, Koehler's Gecko
- Cnemaspis kumarasinghei
- Cnemaspis modiglianii
- Cnemaspis molligodai
- Cnemaspis neangthyi
- Cnemaspis occidentalis, Western Gecko
- Cnemaspis quattuorseriata, Sternfeld's Gecko
- Cnemaspis retigalensis
- Cnemaspis samanalensis
- Cnemaspis scalpensis, Jerdon’s Day Gecko
the Africa group
- Cnemaspis africana, African Gecko, Tanzania
- Cnemaspis alantika, Mt.Alantika Day Gecko, Cameroon
- Cnemaspis gigas, Perret's Nigeria Gecko
- Cnemaspis petrodroma , Nigeria Crag Gecko
- Cnemaspis spinicollis Müller, 1907, Cameroon Collared Gecko
- Cnemaspis uzungwae, Tanzania Gecko
the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka group
- Cnemaspis alwisi Mendis Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007[2]
- Cnemaspis anaikattiensis Mukherjee, Bhupathy & Nixon, 2005 [3]
- Cnemaspis assamensis
- Cnemaspis beddomei, Beddome's Gecko
- Cnemaspis boiei, Boie's Gecko
- Cnemaspis goaensis, Goan Day Gecko
- Cnemaspis heteropholis
- Cnemaspis indica, Nilgiri Hills Gecko
- Cnemaspis indraneildasii
- Cnemaspis jerdonii, Jerdon's Indian Gecko
- Cnemaspis jerdonii jerdonii
- Cnemaspis jerdonii scalpensis
- Cnemaspis kandiana (Kelaart, 1852), Kandyan Day Gecko, (Endemic to Sri Lanka.[4])
- Cnemaspis kolhapurensis[5]
- Cnemaspis littoralis, Coastal Day Gecko
- Cnemaspis nairi, Ponmudi Day Gecko
- Cnemaspis ornata, Ornate Day Gecko
- Cnemaspis otai
- Cnemaspis podihuna, Deraniyagala's Gecko
- Cnemaspis ranwellai, Ranwella's Day Gecko
- Cnemaspis sisparensis Theobald, 1876, Theobald's Gecko
- Cnemaspis tropidogaster Boulenger, 1885, Marked Belly Gecko
- Cnemaspis wynadensis, Wynad Day Gecko
- Cnemaspis yercaudensis
the Sundaland group
- Cnemaspis affinis, Stoliczka's Gecko
- Cnemaspis argus Dring, 1979,[6] Dring's Gecko
- Cnemaspis aurantiacopes Grismer & Ngo, 2007[7]
- Cnemaspis baueri Das & Grismer 2003, Johor, West Malaysia.
- Cnemaspis bayuensis Grismer , Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008
- Cnemaspis biocellata Grismer, Chan, Nurolhuda & Sumontha 2008,[8] Malaysia, Southern Thailand
- Cnemaspis boulengeri Strauch 1887, Vietnam
- Cnemaspis chanardi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[9]
- Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis Bauer & Das 1998, Chanthaburi Rock Gecko - Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, Chanthaburi Province, Khao Khiew Wildlife Sanctuary, Chon Buri Province, Thailand; Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
- Cnemaspis caudanivea Grismer & Ngo, 2007[10]
- Cnemaspis dringi Das & Bauer 1998 Sarawak, East Malaysia, Borneo
- Cnemaspis dezwaani Das 2005[11]
- Cnemaspis flavigaster Chan & Grismer 2008 Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia
- Cnemaspis flavolineata (Nicholls, 1949)
- Cnemaspis huaseesom Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[9]
- Cnemaspis jacobsoni Das 2005[11]
- Cnemaspis kamolnorranathi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[9]
- Cnemaspis karsticola Grismer , Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008
- Cnemaspis kendallii (Gray, 1845) Malaysia, Borneo, Pahang, West Malaysia; Riao Archipelago, Indonesia; Bukit Timah, Singapore
- Cnemaspis kumpoli Taylor 1963 Thailand, Malaysia peninsular
- Cnemaspis limi Das & Grismer 2003 Pahang, West Malaysia
- Cnemaspis mcguirei Grismer , Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008, McGuire's Rock Gecko, Bukit Larut, Perak, Malaysia
- Cnemaspis modiglianii Das 2005[11]
- Cnemaspis narathiwatenisis Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[9]
- Cnemaspis nigridia (Smith, 1925) Borneo Black Gecko, Sarawak, East Malaysia Borneo
- Cnemaspis niyomwanae Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[9]
- Cnemaspis nuicamensis Grismer & Ngo, 2007[10]
- Cnemaspis pemanggilensis Grismer & Das 2006 Johor, West Malaysia
- Cnemaspis phuketensis Das & Leon, 2004,[12] Phuket Day Gecko
- Cnemaspis punctatonuchalis Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[9]
- Cnemaspis roticanai Grismer & Onn, 2010[13]
- Cnemaspis siamensis (Smith, 1925) Siamese Gecko, peninsular Thailand
- Cnemaspis tucdupensis Grismer & Ngo, 2007[10]
- Cnemaspis timoriensis Duméril & Bibron 1836,[14] Timor Gecko
- Cnemaspis vandeventeri Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[9]
- Cnemaspis whittenorum Das 2005[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia. (Referring to Gonatodes)
- ^ Mendis Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007. Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 1490: 1-63.
- ^ Mukherjee, D., S Bhupathy, A. M. A. Nixon (2005) A new species of day gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis) from the Anaikatti Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India Current Science. 89(8). [1]
- ^ Indraneil Das (2005) Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Herpetology 39(2):233–247 [2]
- ^ Giri, Varad B.; Aaron M. Bauer & Kshamata S. Gaikwad (21 July 2009). "A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India" (PDF). Zootaxa (Magnolia Press) 2164: 49–60. ISSN 1175-5334. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02164p060f.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ Dring, 1979. Amphibians and reptiles from northern Trengganu, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new geckos: Cnemaspis and Cyrtodactylus. Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 34 (5): 181-241.
- ^ Grismer, L. L. and Ngo, V. T. (2007). Four new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Southern Vietnam. Herpetologica 63 (4): 482-500. [3]
- ^ Grismer, L.L., Onn, C.K., Nasir, N. and Sumontha, M. 2008. A new species of karst dwelling gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from the border region of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 1875: 51-68. [4]
- ^ a b c d e f g Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55.
- ^ a b c Grismer, L. L. and Ngo, V. T. (2007). Four new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Southern Vietnam. Herpetologica 63 (4): 482-500. [5]
- ^ a b c d Das, I. (2005) Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Herpetology 39(2):233–247 [6]
- ^ Das and Leon (2004). A new species of Cnemaspis(Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Southern Thailand. Current Herpetology. 23 (2):63-71.
- ^ Grismer, L. L. and Onn, C. K. (2010). Another new Rock Gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2419: 51-62. [7]
- ^ Duméril and Bibron (1836). Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.3. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp.
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