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<mods:title>A multitude of spots! Five new microendemic species of the Cnemaspis gracilis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from massifs in the Shevaroy landscape, Tamil Nadu, India</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Agarwal, Ishan</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India &amp; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560065, India</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Thackeray, Tejas</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Khandekar, Akshay</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India &amp; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560065, India &amp; Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/0e7c9cad-5434-4d36-a764-a5ac0a5de030" authority="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar, 2022" authorityName="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2022" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachaimalaiensis" status="sp. nov.">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of body; B ventral aspect of body; C dorsal aspect of tail; D ventral aspect of tail; E lateral aspect of tail. Scale bars 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figs 15</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">, 16</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of mid-body; B ventral aspect of mid-body; C right side lateral aspect of mid-body. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778457" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">, 17</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colouration in life: A Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov., adult male (holotype, NRC-AA- 1204); B Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov., adult male (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213); C Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov., adult male (holotype, NRC-AA- 1222); D Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov., adult male (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230). Photos by Tejas Thackeray." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778445" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">; 6D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitats of the new species in the vicinity of the type localities: A Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov.; B Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov.; C Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov.; D Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. Photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778448" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">, 8D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Paratype series: A Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1231 - NRC-AA- 1237; B Cnemaspis rudhira sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1239 - NRC-AA- 1247. Scale bar 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778458" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">, 18A</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
NRC-AA-1230 (AK 711), adult male, from near Mangalam waterfalls, (
<geoCoordinate degrees="11.3422" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="11.3422">11.3422°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78.6047" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="78.6047">78.6047°E</geoCoordinate>
; ca. 650 m asl.), Pachaimalai hills, Trichy district, Tamil Nadu state, India; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and Tejas Thackeray on 30th May 2019.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" type="paratypes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Paratypes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
NRC-AA-1231 (AK 708), NRC-AA-1232 (AK 709), adult males, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-1233 (AK 712), adult male, NRC-AA-1234 (AK 713), adult female, from near Shri Kaliyamman temple (
<geoCoordinate degrees="11.3642" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="11.3642">11.3642°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78.5910" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="78.591">78.5910°E</geoCoordinate>
; ca. 960 m asl.); NRC-AA-1235 (AK 730), NRC-AA-1236 (AK 731), NRC-AA-1237 (AK 753), adult males, from Pachaimalai RF (
<geoCoordinate degrees="11.3167" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="11.3167">11.3167°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78.6018" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="78.6018">78.6018°E</geoCoordinate>
; ca. 840 m asl.), same data as holotype.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">The specific epithet is a toponym for the Pachaimalai hills in Trichy district of Tamil Nadu, the type and currently only known locality for this species.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Suggested Common Name.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Pachaimalai dwarf gecko.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
A small-sized
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis</emphasis>
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, snout to vent length up to 33.6 mm (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">n</emphasis>
= 8). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; weakly keeled, weakly conical, granular scales intermixed with a fairly regularly arranged rows of enlarged, strongly keeled, conical tubercles; last one or two rows of enlarged tubercles on flank short spine-like; 10-12 rows of dorsal tubercles at mid-body, 13-17 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventral scales subcircular, smooth, subequal from chest to vent, 30-33 scales across belly at mid-body, 112-125 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unpaired, unnotched; 9-11 lamellae under digit I of manus and 9-12 lamellae under digit I of pes, 15-18 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 18-22 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with 4-7 femoral pores on each thigh separated by 7-11 poreless scales from continuous series of 2-5 precloacal pores (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">n</emphasis>
= 7/8); tail with enlarged, strongly keeled, pointed, and spine-like tubercles forming whorls; median row of subcaudals smooth, roughly pentagonal, and distinctly enlarged. Dorsum orange, mottled with numerous light grey spots and fine black spots; a large central black dorsal ocellus on neck flanked anteriorly and posteriorly on each side by elongate dark ocelli, smaller ocellus on occiput flanked on each side by a smaller ocellus; indistinct rows of smaller dark ocelli may be present; venter off-white with black speckles, two distinct pairs of black streaks on throat; original tail in males with 9-11 alternating dark and light grey bands, regenerated tail orange.
</paragraph>
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Comparison with members of
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. gracilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2022" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachaimalaiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
is a member of the
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis bangara" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bangara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis bangara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade and can be easily distinguished from all members of the clade by a combination of the following differing or non-overlapping characters: males with continuous series of precloacal pores (versus precloacal pore series medially separated by at least one poreless scale in males of
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. agarwali" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="agarwali">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. agarwali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. agayagangai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="agayagangai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. agayagangai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. gracilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. jackieii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="jackieii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. jackieii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. fantastica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="fantastica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. fantastica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. salimalii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="salimalii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. salimalii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. thackerayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. thackerayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. shevaroyensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="shevaroyensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. shevaroyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; precloacal pores either absent or medially separated by 2-4 poreless scales in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. mundanthuraiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="mundanthuraiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. mundanthuraiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); small-sized
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis</emphasis>
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with maximum SVL 32 mm (versus medium-sized
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis</emphasis>
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, SVL up to 41 mm in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. thackerayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. thackerayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. salimalii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="salimalii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. salimalii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
); 13-17 tubercles in paravertebral rows (versus only a few irregularly arranged tubercles in paravertebral region in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. mundanthuraiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="mundanthuraiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. mundanthuraiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 11 or 12 in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. jackieii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 10-12 rows of dorsal tubercles at mid-body (versus eight or nine rows of dorsal tubercles at mid-body in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. jackieii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="jackieii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. jackieii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 6-8 rows of dorsal tubercles at mid-body in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. mundanthuraiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="mundanthuraiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. mundanthuraiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); short spine-like tubercles present on flanks (versus spine-like tubercles absent on flanks in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. agarwali" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="agarwali">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. agarwali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. jackieii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="jackieii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. jackieii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. shevaroyensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="shevaroyensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. shevaroyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. thackerayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. thackerayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 30-33 ventral scales across belly at mid-body (versus 24-26 ventral scales across belly at mid-body in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. agarwali" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="agarwali">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. agarwali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 21-24 in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. shevaroyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 22-25 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. thackerayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. thackerayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); a large central black dorsal ocellus on neck flanked anteriorly and posteriorly on each side by elongate dark ocelli, smaller ocellus on occiput flanked on each side by a smaller ocellus; indistinct rows of smaller dark ocelli may be present (versus a single central dorsal ocellus each on occiput and neck in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. gracilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. mundanthuraiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="mundanthuraiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. mundanthuraiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. thackerayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. thackerayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; single dorsal ocellus on occiput absent, single dorsal ocellus on neck present in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. salimalii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="salimalii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. salimalii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
; a single dorsal ocellus each on occiput and neck, a smaller pair on either side just anterior to forelimb insertion in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. jackieii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="jackieii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. jackieii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
is diagnosed against
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</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
as part of its descriptions below.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Description of the holotype.</paragraph>
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Adult male in good state of preservation except tail slightly bent towards left (Fig.
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). SVL 28.8 mm, head short (HL/SVL 0.24), wide (HW/HL 0.68), not strongly depressed (HD/HL 0.45), distinct from neck. Loreal region marginally inflated, canthus rostralis not distinct. Snout half of head length (ES/HL 0.50), almost 2.5 times eye diameter (ES/ED 2.33); scales on snout and canthus rostralis subcircular, subequal, weakly keeled, somewhat conical, and much larger than those on forehead and interorbital region; scales on forehead similar to those on snout and canthus rostralis except smaller and elongated, and weakly conical; scales on interorbital region even smaller, granular; scales on occipital and temporal region heterogeneous, enlarged, keeled, conical tubercles intermixed with much smaller, weakly keeled and weakly conical granular scales (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16A</figureCitation>
). Eye small (ED/HL 0.21) with round pupil; supraciliaries short, larger anteriorly; five interorbital scale rows across narrowest point of frontal bone; 28-30 scale rows between left and right supraciliaries at mid-orbit (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16A, C</figureCitation>
). Ear-opening deep, oval, small (EL/HL 0.05); eye to ear distance greater than diameter of eye (EE/ED 1.60) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16C</figureCitation>
). Rostral more than twice as wide (1.40 mm) as high (0.55 mm), incompletely divided dorsally by a strongly developed rostral groove for more than half of its height; a single enlarged supranasal on each side, slightly larger than upper postnasal, separated from each other by a much smaller, elongated internasal scale and still smaller scale on snout; two postnasals, upper postnasal slightly larger than lower; rostral in contact with supralabial I, nostril, supranasal, and weakly in contact with lower postnasal on either side; nostrils oval, surrounded by two postnasals, supranasal, and rostral on either side; one or two rows of scales separate orbit from supralabials (Fig.
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). Mental enlarged, subtriangular, marginally wider (1.64 mm) than high (1.30 mm); two pairs of postmentals, inner pair roughly rectangular, much shorter (0.63 mm) than mental, separated from each other below mental by a single enlarged median chin shield; inner pair bordered by mental, infralabial I, outer postmental, enlarged median chin shield and an enlarged chin shield on either side; outer postmentals roughly rectangular, even smaller (0.52 mm) than inner pair, bordered by inner postmentals, infralabial I and II, and four enlarged chin shields on either side; three enlarged gular scales between left and right outer postmentals; all chin scales bordering postmentals flat, subcircular, smooth, and slightly smaller than outermost postmentals; scales on rest of throat granular, small, smooth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16B</figureCitation>
). Infralabials bordered below by a row or two of slightly enlarged, much elongated scales, decreasing in size posteriorly. Eight supralabials up to angle of jaw and six at midorbital position on either side; supralabial I largest, rest of the series gradually decreasing in size posteriorly; seven infralabials up to angle of jaw, five at midorbital position on either side; infralabial I largest, rest of the series gradually decreasing in size posteriorly (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figure 15.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(holotype, NRC-AA-1230):
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">A</emphasis>
dorsal aspect of body;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">B</emphasis>
ventral aspect of body;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C</emphasis>
dorsal aspect of tail;
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ventral aspect of tail;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">E</emphasis>
lateral aspect of tail. Scale bars 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figure 16.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(holotype, NRC-AA-1230):
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">A</emphasis>
dorsal aspect of head;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">B</emphasis>
ventral aspect of head;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C</emphasis>
lateral aspect of right side head;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">D</emphasis>
aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">E</emphasis>
ventral aspect of left manus;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</emphasis>
ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.
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Body relatively slender (BW/AGL 0.46), trunk less than half of SVL (AGL/SVL 0.39) without ventrolateral folds; short spine-like scales on flank present (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of mid-body; B ventral aspect of mid-body; C right side lateral aspect of mid-body. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778457" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">17A-C</figureCitation>
). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with a fairly regularly arranged row of enlarged, strongly keeled, conical tubercles; tubercles in approximately 11 longitudinal rows at mid-body including short spine-like scales at lower flank; 14 (left) and 16 (right) tubercles in paravertebral row from above forelimb insertion to the hind limb insertion (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of mid-body; B ventral aspect of mid-body; C right side lateral aspect of mid-body. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778457" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">17A, C</figureCitation>
). Ventral scales much larger than granular scales on dorsum smooth, subcircular, subimbricate, subequal from chest to vent; mid-body scale rows across belly 31; 115 scales from mental to anterior border of cloaca (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of mid-body; B ventral aspect of mid-body; C right side lateral aspect of mid-body. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778457" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">17B</figureCitation>
). Scales on base of neck similar to those on belly, marginally smaller; gular region with much smaller, smooth, granular scales, those bordering postmentals enlarged, smooth, subcircular, and flattened (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16B</figureCitation>
). Five femoral pores on left thigh and four on right, separated by 10 poreless on either side from continuous series of three precloacal pores (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figure 17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(holotype, NRC-AA-1230):
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">A</emphasis>
dorsal aspect of mid-body;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">B</emphasis>
ventral aspect of mid-body;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C</emphasis>
right side lateral aspect of mid-body. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.
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Scales on palms and soles granular, smooth, rounded, and flattened; scales on dorsal aspects of limbs heterogeneous in shape and size; mixture of small granular, weakly keeled, imbricate scales which are twice the size of granules on the body dorsum, largest on anterolateral aspect of the hands and feet; posterolateral aspect of limbs with small weakly keeled to smooth granular scales; ventral aspect of forelimbs with small, smooth, subimbricate scales, larger on lower arm than upper arm; ventral aspect of hindlimb with enlarged, smooth, flattened, subimbricate scales, slightly larger than body ventrals (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of body; B ventral aspect of body; C dorsal aspect of tail; D ventral aspect of tail; E lateral aspect of tail. Scale bars 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">15A, B</figureCitation>
). Forelimbs and hindlimbs moderately long, slender (LAL/SVL 0.14; CL/SVL 0.17); digits long, with strong, recurved claw, distinctly inflected, distal portions laterally compressed conspicuously. Digits with unpaired lamellae except for a few basal lamellae which are paired, separated into a basal and narrower distal series by single enlarged lamella at inflection; basal lamellae series: (1-3-3-4-3 right manus, 1-4-5-6-5 right pes), (1-3-3-4-3 left manus, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16E</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Elevation map showing the distribution of members of the Cnemaspis gracilis clade in peninsular India. Major hill ranges are marked by bold text, within the Western Ghats: AG, Agasthyamalai; AN, Anaimalai; DV, Devarmalai; N, Nilgiris; PL, Palani; and outside the Western Ghats: BR, Biligirangan; J, Jawadhu; K, Kollimalai; KR, Kalrayan; MM, Male Mahadeshwara; P, Pachaimalai; S, Sitteri; SR, Sirumalai; Y, Yercaud; YL, Yelagiri. The Mysore Plateau and Palghat Gap are also marked." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778439" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1204): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778442" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colouration in life: A Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov., adult male (holotype, NRC-AA- 1204); B Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov., adult male (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213); C Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov., adult male (holotype, NRC-AA- 1222); D Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov., adult male (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230). Photos by Tejas Thackeray." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778445" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Paratype series: A Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1205 - NRC-AA- 1212; B Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1214 - NRC-AA- 1221; C Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1223 - NRC-AA- 1229. Scale bar 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778446" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1204): A dorsal aspect of mid-body; B ventral aspect of mid-body; C right side lateral aspect of mid-body. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778444" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">5</figureCitation>
left pes, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16F</figureCitation>
); distal lamellae series: (9-11-12-11-10 right manus, 8-10-13-12-12 right pes), (8-9-11-11-11 left manus, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16E</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitats of the new species in the vicinity of the type localities: A Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov.; B Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov.; C Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov.; D Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. Photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778448" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">8</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): A dorsal aspect of mid-body; B ventral aspect of mid-body; C right side lateral aspect of mid-body. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778451" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">11</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1222): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778453" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">13</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1222): A dorsal aspect of body; B ventral aspect of body; C dorsal aspect of tail; D ventral aspect of tail; E lateral aspect of tail. Scale bars 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778452" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">12</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1222): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778453" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">13</figureCitation>
left pes, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of head; B ventral aspect of head; C lateral aspect of right side head; D aspect of cloacal region showing precloacal and femoral pores; E ventral aspect of left manus; F ventral aspect of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778456" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">16F</figureCitation>
). Relative length of digits (measurements in mm in parentheses): IV (2.5)&gt; III (2.3)&gt; V (2.0) = II (2.0)&gt; I (1.5) (left manus); IV (3.1)&gt; V (3.0)&gt; III (2.9)&gt; II (2.6)&gt; I (1.9) (left pes).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
Tail original, entire, subcylindrical, slender, marginally longer than snout-vent length (TL/SVL 1.11; Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of body; B ventral aspect of body; C dorsal aspect of tail; D ventral aspect of tail; E lateral aspect of tail. Scale bars 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">15C-E</figureCitation>
). Dorsal scales on tail base weakly keeled, granular, similar in size and shape to granular scales on mid-body dorsum, gradually becoming larger, flattened, imbricate posteriorly, intermixed with enlarged, strongly keeled, distinctly pointed, conical tubercles; enlarged tubercles on the tail forming whorls; six tubercles each on first nine whorls, four in 10-13th whorls, rest of the tail with only paravertebral tubercles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of body; B ventral aspect of body; C dorsal aspect of tail; D ventral aspect of tail; E lateral aspect of tail. Scale bars 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">15A, C</figureCitation>
). Scales on ventral aspect of tail much larger than those on dorsal aspect, subimbricate, smooth; median series distinctly larger than rest, roughly pentagonal; scales on tail base slightly smaller than those on mid-body ventrals, smooth, imbricate; a single enlarged, conical, and smooth postcloacal spur on each side (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1230): A dorsal aspect of body; B ventral aspect of body; C dorsal aspect of tail; D ventral aspect of tail; E lateral aspect of tail. Scale bars 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">15B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" type="colouration in life (fig. 6d)">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Colouration in life (Fig. 6D).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Dorsum of head, body, limbs and tail base orange-brown. Head with numerous yellow blotches and some black spots, yellow and dark bands on labials. Three dark postorbital streaks, all terminating anterior to forelimb insertions, suborbital streak continues onto throat. A large central black dorsal ocellus on neck flanked anteriorly and posteriorly on each side by elongate dark ocelli, smaller ocellus on occiput flanked on each side by a smaller ocellus; approximately three rows of three smaller dark ocelli; all ocelli with a diffuse orange margin. Dorsum mottled with smaller light-grey spots and fine black spots. Dorsum of limbs more muted than back, digits with alternating dark and light bands. Tail with seven or eight alternating light grey and black bands with an orange regenerated tip. Venter off-white with black speckles, two distinct pairs of black streaks on throat.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Variation and additional information from type series.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
Mensural, meristic and additional character state data for the type series is given in Tables
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 12" captionStartId="T12" captionText="Table 12. Mensural (mm) data for the type series of Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov.. Abbreviations are listed in Materials and Methods. * = incomplete tail." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/6E3D07D89AD1F5EE61A1FAB4A5D3DFC4" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" tableUuid="6E3D07D89AD1F5EE61A1FAB4A5D3DFC4">12</tableCitation>
-
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 14" captionStartId="T14" captionText="Table 14. Additional morphological character states evaluation for the type series of Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov.. abs. = absent; / = data unavailable." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/69411F764C8692243FC6A0CEFB72DD1C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" tableUuid="69411F764C8692243FC6A0CEFB72DD1C">14</tableCitation>
respectively. There are six adult male and a single adult female specimens ranging in size from 28.6-33.6 mm (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Paratype series: A Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1231 - NRC-AA- 1237; B Cnemaspis rudhira sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1239 - NRC-AA- 1247. Scale bar 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778458" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">18A</figureCitation>
). All paratypes resemble holotype except as follows: supranasals in contact with each other behind internasal in NRC-AA-1233 and NRC-AA-1237; upper postmentals in contact with each other below mental in NRC-AA-1231, NRC-AA-1233, NRC-AA-1234, and NRC-AA-1237; upper postmentals separated from each other below mental by two median enlarged chin shields in NRC-AA-1236; upper postmentals bordered by mental, infralabial I, outer postmental, and by a single large chin scale on either side in NRC-AA-1231, NRC-AA-1233, NRC-AA-1236; upper postmentals bordered by mental, infralabial I, outer postmental, median chin shield, and by a single large chin scale on either side in NRC-AA-1234, NRC-AA-1237. Outer postmental bordered by inner postmental, infralabials I &amp; II in all types, additionally, five chin scales on either side in NRC-AA-1231, five chin scales on right in NRC-AA-1233 and NRC-AA-1236, three scales on right in NRC-AA-1232 and NRC-AA-1237; outer postmental separated from each other medially by two enlarged chin scales in NRC-AA-1231, NRC-AA-1233. Three paratypes - NRC-AA-1232, NRC-AA-1233, and NRC-AA-1235 with original and complete tails, slightly longer than body (TL/SVL 1.11, 1.27, and 1.30 respectively); tail entire but partially regenerated in NRC-AA-1234, NRC-AA-1236, and NRC-AA-1237, marginally to slightly longer than body (TL/SVL 1.08, 1.12, and 1.33 respectively); original tail entirely lost, small regenerated portion present in NRC-AA-1231. Ocelli on body between limb insertions are highly variable in all paratypes; original tail banded in all paratypes; regenerated tail orangish in life and yellowish-grey in preservative. (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Paratype series: A Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1231 - NRC-AA- 1237; B Cnemaspis rudhira sp. nov., from left to right, NRC-AA- 1239 - NRC-AA- 1247. Scale bar 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778458" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">18A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Table 12.</emphasis>
Mensural (mm) data for the type series of
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
. Abbreviations are listed in Materials and Methods. * = incomplete tail.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<table pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Type</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Holotype</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Paratypes</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">museum number</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1230</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1231</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1232</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1233</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1234</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1235</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1236</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1237</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Sex</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Female</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">SVL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">28.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">28.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">31.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">33.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">31.9</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">TL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">32.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8.5*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">32.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">40.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">36.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">40.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">34.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">42.6</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">TW</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.3</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">LAL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">CL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">AGL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">11.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">11.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">14.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">13.3</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">BH</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">BW</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6.4</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">HL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8.0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">HW</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.2</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">HD</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.3</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">ED</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.8</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">EE</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.6</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">ES</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">EN</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.2</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">IN</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">IO</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">EL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.6</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778458" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" start="Figure 18" startId="F18">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figure 18.</emphasis>
Paratype series:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2022" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachaimalaiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, from left to right, NRC-AA-1231-NRC-AA-1237;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2022" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis rudhira" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudhira">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis rudhira</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, from left to right, NRC-AA-1239-NRC-AA-1247. Scale bar 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Distribution and Natural history.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2022" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachaimalaiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
is currently known only from around its type locality (near Mangalam waterfalls, Pachaimalai Hills, between an elevational gradient of ca. 600-1000 m asl.) in Trichy district, Tamil Nadu (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Elevation map showing the distribution of members of the Cnemaspis gracilis clade in peninsular India. Major hill ranges are marked by bold text, within the Western Ghats: AG, Agasthyamalai; AN, Anaimalai; DV, Devarmalai; N, Nilgiris; PL, Palani; and outside the Western Ghats: BR, Biligirangan; J, Jawadhu; K, Kollimalai; KR, Kalrayan; MM, Male Mahadeshwara; P, Pachaimalai; S, Sitteri; SR, Sirumalai; Y, Yercaud; YL, Yelagiri. The Mysore Plateau and Palghat Gap are also marked." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778439" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">1</figureCitation>
). Like most other members of its clade, the new species is diurnal, rupicolous, and fairly abundant locally. At each collection site, many individuals (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">n</emphasis>
=&gt;20) were observed active during the daytime (0900-1630 hrs) on rocks, road side rocky cuttings, and building walls below 2 m height, and under cement culverts in dry deciduous to semi-evergreen forest patches (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitats of the new species in the vicinity of the type localities: A Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov.; B Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov.; C Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov.; D Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis sp. nov. Photos by Akshay Khandekar." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778448" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">8D</figureCitation>
). Sympatric geckos encountered at the locality include
<taxonomicName authority="" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella)" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Geckoella">Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella)</taxonomicName>
sp.,
<taxonomicName class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus kolliensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolliensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Hemidactylus kolliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Agarwal, Bauer, Giri &amp; Khandekar,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" authorityYear="1836" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus leschenaultii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leschenaultii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Hemidactylus leschenaultii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar &amp; Patel" authorityYear="2018" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus whitakeri" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitakeri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Hemidactylus whitakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar &amp; Patel,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Deraniyagala" authorityYear="1953" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus parvimaculatus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvimaculatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Hemidactylus parvimaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" authorityYear="1836" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus frenatus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="frenatus">Hemidactylus cf. frenatus</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemiphyllodactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemiphyllodactylus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Hemiphyllodactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="5D43663421396517ADFD8F601843C709" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/5D43663421396517ADFD8F601843C709" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" start="Table 13" startId="T13">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Table 13.</emphasis>
Meristic data for the type series of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2022" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachaimalaiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
. Abbreviations are listed in Materials and Methods except for: L&amp;R = Left &amp; Right; abs. = absent; * = paravertebral tubercles and lamellae incomplete.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<table pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Type</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Holotype</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Paratypes</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Museum number</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1230</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1231</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1232</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1233</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1234</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1235</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1236</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1237</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Sex</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Female</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">SL (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">IL (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;7</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">SL M (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;6</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">IL M (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;5</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">PVT (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">14&amp;16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">15&amp;17</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">13*&amp;15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">15&amp;14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">13&amp;13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">16&amp;14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">16&amp;16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">15&amp;14</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">DTR</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">MVSR</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">31</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">32</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">32</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">32</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">31</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">33</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">VS</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">115</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">112</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">118</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">113</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">125</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">117</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">124</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">118</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">LamF1 (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">11&amp;10</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">LamF4 (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">15&amp;15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&amp;18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">16&amp;15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">16&amp;16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">15&amp;16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&amp;17</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&amp;18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&amp;16</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">LamT1 (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;8*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12&amp;11</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">LamT4 (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">19&amp;18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">22&amp;22</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">19&amp;19</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">20&amp;*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">21&amp;21</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">22&amp;21</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">21&amp;22</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">LamT5 (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;17</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;19</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;19</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;17</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">20&amp;19</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;17</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;19</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">PP L&amp;R</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">SBPP</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">SB PP&amp;FP (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">10&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;11</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">FP (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;6</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">SBFP</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">A</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">A</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">A</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">A</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">A</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">A</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">A</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">PCT (L&amp;R)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="69411F764C8692243FC6A0CEFB72DD1C" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/69411F764C8692243FC6A0CEFB72DD1C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" start="Table 14" startId="T14">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Table 14.</emphasis>
Additional morphological character states evaluation for the type series of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2022" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachaimalaiensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
. abs. = absent; / = data unavailable.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<table pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Types</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Holotype</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Paratypes</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Museum number</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1230</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1231</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1232</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1233</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1234</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1235</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1236</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1237</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Sex</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Female</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Male</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Anterior extra-brillar fringe scales enlarged (1) or not enlarged (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Ventral scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Gular scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Pectoral scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Precloacal pores continuous (1) or separated (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Precloacal pores elongate (1) or round (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">femoral pores elongate (1) or round (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Dorsal pholidosis homogeneous (1) or heterogeneous (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Dorsal tubercles keeled (1) or not keeled (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Tubercles linearly arranged (1) or more random (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Spine-like scales on flank present (1) or absent (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Lateral caudal furrows present (1) or absent (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">/</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Subcaudals keeled (1) or smooth (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">/</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Single median row of keeled subcaudals (1) or smooth (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">/</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Caudal tubercles encircle tail (1) or not (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">/</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Enlarged median subcaudal scale row (1) or not (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">/</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Enlarged femoral scales present (1) or absent (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Subtibial scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Occipital ocellus present (1) or absent (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Ocelli anterior of the shoulder present (1) or absent (0) &amp; number</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (3)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (2*)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (3)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (3)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (3)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (3)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (3)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (3)</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Ocelli posterior of the shoulder present (1) or absent (0) &amp; number</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (+3)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (2)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (2)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (2)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (2)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1 (2)</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">Original tail banded (1) or not (0)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">/</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>