Cnemaspis

Cnemaspis
	Unidentified Cnemaspis gecko from the Western Ghats. Note the round pupil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Cnemaspis; Strauch, 1887

Cnemaspis is a genus of diurnal (day) geckos found in Asia. With around 75 species, it is one of the most diverse genera of geckos or even lizards.

Description

Species 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. Their bodies are 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.^[2]

Species

C. adii
C. barbouri
C. baueri Das & Grismer, 2003 – Pulau Aur rock gecko^[3]
C. dickersoni – Dickerson's gecko
C. dilepis – two-scaled gecko
C. dringi
C. girii
C. gordongekkoi
C. koehleri – Koehler's gecko
C. neangthyi
C. occidentalis – western gecko
C. quattuorseriata – Sternfeld's gecko

The Africa group

C. africana – African gecko, Tanzania
C. alantika – Mt. Alantika day gecko, Cameroon
C. gigas – Perret's Nigeria gecko
C. petrodroma – Nigeria crag gecko
C. spinicollis Müller, 1907 – Cameroon collared gecko
C. uzungwae – Tanzania gecko

The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka group

C. alwisi M. Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007^[4] – Alwis's day gecko
C. amith – Amith's day gecko
C. anaikattiensis Mukherjee, Bhupathy, & Nixon, 2005 ^[5]
C. assamensis
C. beddomei – Beddome's day gecko
C. boiei – Boie's day gecko
C. clivicola
C. gemunu – Gemunu's day gecko
C. kallima
C. goaensis – Goan day gecko
C. heteropholis
C. indica – Indian day gecko or Nilgiri Hills gecko
C. indraneildasii
C. jerdonii – Jerdon's day gecko or Jerdon's Indian gecko
C. kandiana (Kelaart, 1852), Kandyan day gecko, (endemic to Sri Lanka.^[6])
C. kolhapurensis^[7]
C. kumarasinghei – Kumarasinghe's day gecko
C. latha – Latha's day gecko
C. littoralis – coastal day gecko
C. menikay
C. molligodai – Molligoda's day gecko
C. nairi – Ponmudi day gecko
C. ornata – ornate day gecko
C. otai
C. pava
C. phillipsi – Phillip's day gecko
C. podihuna – Deraniyagala's gecko
C. pulchra
C. punctata
C. ranwellai – Ranwella's day gecko
C. retigalensis – Retigala day gecko
C. samanalensis – Samanala day gecko
C. scalpensis – Ferguson’s day gecko
C. silvula – Forest Day Gecko
C. sisparensis Theobald, 1876 – Sispara day gecko or Theobald's gecko
C. tropidogaster Boulenger, 1885 – rough-bellied day gecko or marked-belly gecko
C. upendrai – Upendra's Day Gecko
C. wynadensis – Wyanad day gecko
C. yercaudensis

The Sundaland group

C. affinis – Stoliczka's gecko
C. argus Dring, 1979,^[8] – Dring's gecko
C. aurantiacopes Grismer & Ngo, 2007^[9]
C. baueri Das & Grismer 2003 – Johor, West Malaysia
C. bayuensis Grismer, Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008
C. biocellata Grismer, Chan, Nurolhuda & Sumontha 2008,^[10] Malaysia, southern Thailand
C. boulengeri Strauch 1887 – Vietnam
C. chanardi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010^[11]
C. 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
C. caudanivea Grismer & Ngo, 2007^[12]
C. dringi Das & Bauer 1998 – Sarawak, East Malaysia, Borneo
C. dezwaani Das 2005^[13]
C. flavigaster Chan & Grismer 2008 – Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia
C. flavolineata (Nicholls, 1949) – yellow-striped rock gecko
C. huaseesom Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010^[11]
C. jacobsoni Das 2005^[13]
C. kamolnorranathi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010^[11]
C. karsticola Grismer, Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008
C. kendallii (Gray, 1845) – Kendall's gecko, Malaysia, Borneo, Pahang, West Malaysia; Riao Archipelago, Indonesia; Bukit Timah, Singapore
C. kumpoli Taylor 1963 – Thailand, Malaysia peninsular
C. limi Das & Grismer 2003 – Pahang, West Malaysia
C. mcguirei Grismer, Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008, McGuire's rock gecko, Bukit Larut, Perak, Malaysia
C. modiglianii Das 2005^[13]
C. narathiwatenisis Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010^[11]
C. nigridia (Smith, 1925) – Borneo black gecko, Sarawak, East Malaysia Borneo
C. niyomwanae Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010^[11]
C. nuicamensis Grismer & Ngo, 2007^[12]
C. pemanggilensis Grismer & Das 2006 – Johor, West Malaysia
C. phuketensis Das & Leon 2004,^[14] – Phuket day gecko
C. punctatonuchalis Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010^[11]
C. roticanai Grismer & Onn, 2010^[15]
C. siamensis (Smith, 1925) – Siamese gecko, peninsular Thailand
C. tucdupensis Grismer & Ngo, 2007^[12]
C. timoriensis Duméril & Bibron 1836,^[16] Timor Gecko
C. vandeventeri Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010^[11]
C. whittenorum Das 2005^[13]

References

^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890). Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia (referring to Gonatodes)
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis baueri, p. 19).
^ Wickramasinghe, Mendis & 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. 2164. Magnolia Press: 49–60. ISSN 1175-5334. 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.

Data related to Cnemaspis at Wikispecies

[1] ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.

[2] Boulenger, G. A. (1890). Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia (referring to Gonatodes)

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis baueri, p. 19).

[4] Wickramasinghe, Mendis & 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

[5] 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]

[6] 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]

[7] 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. 2164. Magnolia Press: 49–60. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

[8] 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

[9] 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]

[10] 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]

[Grismer-11] ^ ^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

[bioone_a-12] 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]

[bioone-13] 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]

[14] Das and Leon (2004). A new species of Cnemaspis(Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Southern Thailand. Current Herpetology. 23 (2):63-71.

[15] 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]

[16] Duméril and Bibron (1836). Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.3. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp.

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