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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: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/9823a5eb-1de2-402e-92ae-b9b0cbbbfaeb" 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 agayagangai" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agayagangai" status="sp. nov.">Cnemaspis agayagangai</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778449" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figs 9</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">, 10</figureCitation>
<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>
<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">, 6B</figureCitation>
<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">, 7B</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">, 8B</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
NRC-AA-1213 (AK 699), adult male, near Agaya Gangai waterfalls (
<geoCoordinate degrees="11.2640" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="11.264">11.2640°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78.3925" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="78.3925">78.3925°E</geoCoordinate>
; ca. 860 m asl.), Kolli hills, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu state, India; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar, and Tejas Thackeray on 29th May 2019.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Paratypes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
NRC-AA-1215 (AK 267), NRC-AA-1214 (AK 268), adult males, same collection data as holotype; NRC-AA-1216 (AK 269), NRC-AA-1217 (AK 270) adult males, NRC-AA-1218 (AK 700), adult female, from near Arappaleeswarar temple (
<geoCoordinate degrees="11.2645" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="11.2645">11.2645°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78.3906" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="78.3906">78.3906°E</geoCoordinate>
; ca. 940 m asl.); and NRC-AA-1220 (AK 702), adult male, NRC-AA-1219 (AK 701), NRC-AA-1221 (AK 703) adult females, from near Agaya Gangai waterfalls (
<geoCoordinate degrees="11.2656" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="11.2656">11.2656°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78.3943" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="78.3943">78.3943°E</geoCoordinate>
; ca. 780 m asl.), collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Nikhil Gaitonde on 20th December 2018.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">The specific epithet is for the type locality of the new species, the Agaya Gangai Waterfalls, and is used as a noun in apposition.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Suggested Common Name.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Agaya Gangai 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 31.8 mm (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">n</emphasis>
= 9). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; weakly keeled 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 weakly keeled, spine-like; 10-12 rows of dorsal tubercles at mid-body, 14-18 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventral scales smooth, subcircular, subimbricate, subequal from chest to vent, 28-34 scales across belly at mid-body, 106-120 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; 14-16 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 17-20 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">n</emphasis>
= 6/9) with four or five femoral pores on each thigh separated by 8-10 poreless scales from series of two precloacal pores, precloacal pores separated medially by single (rarely 2,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">n</emphasis>
= 1/6) poreless scales; tail with enlarged, strongly keeled, pointed, and spine-like tubercles forming whorls; median row of subcaudals smooth, roughly rectangular, and distinctly enlarged. Dorsum orange, mottled with numerous small light grey spots and fine black spots, light grey vertebral blotches sometimes distinct; a single central black dorsal ocellus each on neck and occiput separated by a light grey blotch, ocellus on neck flanked anteriorly on each side by a slightly larger ocellus, ocellus on occiput sometimes flanked on each side by smaller, indistinct ocellus; venter off-white with black speckles, two indistinct pairs of streaks on throat; original tail in males with about 8-10 alternating dark and light grey bands, regenerated tail orange-brown.
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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.
</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 agayagangai" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agayagangai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis agayagangai</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: small-sized
<taxonomicName authorityName="Strauch" authorityYear="1887" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<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>
</taxonomicName>
, SVL up to 41 mm in
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<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>
); 14-18 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>
, 10-14 in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 11 or 12 in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. jackieii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
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>
); 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>
); 28-34 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
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. thackerayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); a single central dorsal ocellus each on occiput and neck, ocellus on neck flanked anteriorly on each side by a slightly larger ocellus (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>
; a single dorsal ocellus each on occiput and neck, two pairs on either side just anterior and posterior to forelimb insertions in
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. shevaroyensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rank="species" species="shevaroyensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">C. shevaroyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis agayagangai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
is diagnosed against
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal &amp; Thackeray &amp; Khandekar" authorityYear="2022" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis fantastica" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fantastica">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</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>
, and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis rudhira</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
as part of their respective descriptions below.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Description of the holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
Adult male in good state of preservation except regenerated portion of the tail tip slightly bent towards right, small skin injury left of sternum, and claw on 2nd digit of left foot missing (Fig.
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). SVL 31.2 mm, head short (HL/SVL 0.25), wide (HW/HL 0.67), not strongly depressed (HD/HL 0.47), 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 2.35); scales on snout and canthus rostralis subcircular, subequal, smooth anteriorly, becoming weakly keeled, and conical posteriorly; and much larger than those on forehead and interorbital region; scales on forehead similar to those on snout and canthus rostralis except smaller, elongated, and weakly conical; scales on interorbital region even smaller, granular and weakly keeled; scales on occipital and temporal region heterogeneous, slightly enlarged, weakly keeled, conical tubercles intermixed with smaller, weakly keeled and weakly conical granular scales (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10A</figureCitation>
). Eye small (ED/HL 0.21) with round pupil; supraciliaries short, larger anteriorly; six interorbital scale rows across narrowest point of frontal bone; 27 or 28 scale rows between left and right supraciliaries at mid-orbit (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10A, C</figureCitation>
). Ear-opening deep, oval, small (EL/HL 0.05); eye to ear distance greater than diameter of eye (EE/ED 1.41) (Fig.
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). Rostral 2
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wider (1.60 mm) than high (0.80 mm), incompletely divided dorsally by a strongly developed rostral groove and internasal scale for more than half of its height; a single enlarged supranasal on each side, slightly larger than postnasals, separated from each other by a much smaller, elongated internasal scale and still smaller scale on snout; two postnasals, upper postnasal marginally larger than lower; rostral in contact with supralabial I, nostril, supranasal, and lower postnasal on either side; nostrils oval, surrounded by two postnasals, supranasal, and rostral on either side; two rows of scales separate orbit from supralabials (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10C</figureCitation>
). Mental enlarged, subtriangular, slightly wider (1.90 mm) than high (1.52 mm); two pairs of postmentals, inner pair roughly pentagonal, much shorter (0.80 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 (0.62 mm) than inner pair, bordered by inner postmentals, infralabial I and II, and three 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 smaller than outermost postmentals; scales on rest of throat, small, subequal, and smooth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10B</figureCitation>
). Infralabials bordered below by a row or two of slightly enlarged, much elongated scales, decreasing in size posteriorly. Ten 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; nine infralabials up to angle of jaw on left and 10 on right, five at midorbital position on either side; infralabial I largest, gradually decreasing in size posteriorly (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figure 9.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis agayagangai</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(holotype, NRC-AA-1213):
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dorsal aspect of body;
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ventral aspect of body;
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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.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" start="Figure 10" startId="F10">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figure 10.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis agayagangai</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(holotype, NRC-AA-1213):
<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;
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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 0.51), trunk less than half of SVL (AGL/SVL 0.40) without ventrolateral folds; spine-like scales on flank present (Fig.
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). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with a fairly regularly arranged row of enlarged, strongly keeled, conical tubercles; tubercles in approximately 10 longitudinal rows at mid-body including spine-like scales at lower flank; 15 (left) and 14 (right) tubercles in paravertebral row from above forelimb insertion to the hind limb insertion (Fig.
<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">11A, 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 32; 110 scales from mental to anterior border of cloaca (Fig.
<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">11B</figureCitation>
). Scales on base of neck similar to those on belly, marginally smaller; gular region with still smaller, subequal, smooth, flattened scales, those bordering postmentals enlarged, smooth, subcircular, and flattened (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10B</figureCitation>
). Five femoral pores on either thigh, separated by eight poreless on either side from two precloacal pores, precloacal pores separated medially by two poreless scales (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Figure 11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis agayagangai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(holotype, NRC-AA-1213):
<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 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778449" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">9A, B</figureCitation>
). Forelimbs and hindlimbs moderately long, slender (LAL/SVL 0.15; CL/SVL 0.17); digits long, with strong, recurved claw, distinctly inflected, distal portions laterally compressed conspicuously. Digits with unpaired lamellae, separated into a basal and narrower distal series by single enlarged lamella at inflection; basal lamellae series: (1-3-3-4-3 right manus, 2-4-4-7-5 right pes), (1-3-3-4-3 left manus, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10E</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Maximum likelihood tree of the Cnemaspis bangara clade of South Asian Cnemaspis based on a partial fragment of ND 2 with photographs of the species in life (not to scale) and sketches showing dorsal colour pattern of head and forebody (not to scale); note that C. salimalii sp. nov. and C. thackerayi have the same pattern. Bootstrap support and Posterior Probability (only values ≥ 65 % and 0.99 shown) depicted at nodes, outgroups not shown." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e94799.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778440" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">2</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 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>
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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 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10F</figureCitation>
); distal lamellae series: (8-9-10-11-9 right manus, 8-10-12-12-11 right pes), (8-10-11-10-9 left manus, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10E</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">8-8</figureCitation>
*-12-12-12 left pes, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">10F</figureCitation>
). Relative length of digits (measurements in mm in parentheses): IV (2.8) = III (2.8)&gt; II (2.6)&gt; V (2.3)&gt; I (1.8) (left manus); IV (3.6)&gt; V (3.1)&gt; III (3.0)&gt; II (2.3*)&gt; I (1.9) (left pes).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
Tail original except tip (3.1 mm) which is regenerated, entire, subcylindrical, slender, marginally longer than snout-vent length (TL/SVL 1.18; Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778449" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">9C-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 six whorls, four in 7-11th whorls, rest of the tail with only paravertebral tubercles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778449" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">9C, E</figureCitation>
). Scales on ventral aspect of tail much larger than those on dorsal aspect, subimbricate, smooth; median series distinctly larger than rest, roughly rectangular; scales on tail base slightly smaller than those on mid-body ventrals, smooth, imbricate; a single enlarged, weakly keeled and conical postcloacal spur on each side (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1213): 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.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/778449" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">9D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" type="colouration in life (fig. 6b)">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Colouration in life (Fig. 6B).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Dorsum of head, body, and tail base orange, limbs brown. Head with numerous light grey blotches and some black spots, light grey and dark bands on labials. Two dark postorbital streaks flanked by slightly broader light grey streaks terminating anterior to forelimb insertion. A single central black dorsal ocellus on neck and one on occiput separated by a larger light grey blotch, ocellus on neck flanked anteriorly on each side by a slightly larger ocellus, ocellus on occiput flanked one each side by a smaller ocellus; all ocelli with a fine orange margin. Dorsum with six light grey vertebral blotches from forelimb insertions to tail base, interspersed with smaller light-grey spots (sometimes forming streaks) and fine black spots on rest of dorsum and flank. 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 indistinct pairs of 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 6" captionStartId="T6" captionText="Table 6. Mensural (mm) data for the type series of Cnemaspis agayagangai sp. nov.. Abbreviations are listed in Materials and Methods. * = incomplete tail." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/62AA8A30397FA6943267693E727F9E04" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" tableUuid="62AA8A30397FA6943267693E727F9E04">6</tableCitation>
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respectively. There are five adult male and three adult female specimens ranging in size from 29.3-31.8 mm (Fig.
<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">7B</figureCitation>
). All paratypes resemble holotype except as follows: internasals absent, supranasals in strong contact with each other on snout in NRC-AA-1215, NRC-AA-1216, and NRC-AA-1220. Upper postmentals in contact with each other below mental in NRC-AA-1215, NRC-AA-1214, NRC-AA-1216, NRC-AA-1220, and NRC-AA-1221; upper postmentals bordered by mental, infralabial I, outer postmental, median chin shield, and by a single large chin scale on left side in NRC-AA-1219. Outer postmental bordered by inner postmental, infralabials I &amp; II in all types, additionally, four chin scales on either side in NRC-AA-1216, four chin scales on left side in NRC-AA-1217, NRC-AA-1219, four chin scales on right side in NRC-AA-1218, NRC-AA-1220, and four chin scales on left and five on right side in NRC-AA-1221; outer postmental separated from each other medially by two enlarged chin scales in NRC-AA-1219. Three paratypes - NRC-AA-1217, NRC-AA-1218, and NRC-AA-1220 with original and complete tails, slightly longer than body (TL/SVL 1.16, 1.22, and 1.30 respectively); rest of the paratypes with original but incomplete tails. Original tail distinctly banded in all male paratypes and faintly banded in female paratypes, vertebral blotches not always distinct (Fig.
<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">7B</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Table 6.</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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<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="8" 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-1213</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1215</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1214</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1216</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1217</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1218</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1219</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1220</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1221</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">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</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">31.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">31.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">29.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">29.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">31.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">31.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30.4</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">37.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">14.9*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12.2*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">20.6*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">34.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">36.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">19.0*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">41.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">21.3</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">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.0</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">LAL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.2</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">5.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.8</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">12.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">11.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12.3</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">3.2</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">3.2</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>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.6</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">6.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6.2</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">8.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.3</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>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.3</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">7.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7.6</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">5.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.8</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">5.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.8</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">3.8</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>
<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">3.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.1</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">1.7</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">1.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.6</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">2.4</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">2.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">2.7</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>
</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">4.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.8</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">3.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.9</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">3.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.6</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>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">3.1</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">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>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.9</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>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.0</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">1.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.2</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">1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1.1</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">0.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.5</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>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="E0B2809EBFD06975B7F81E93E455FD7F" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/E0B2809EBFD06975B7F81E93E455FD7F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" start="Table 7" startId="T7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Table 7.</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 agayagangai" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agayagangai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis agayagangai</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; / = not available.
</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="8" 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-1213</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1215</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1214</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1216</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1217</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1218</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1219</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1220</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1221</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">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</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">10&amp;10</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;9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;9</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;9</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;9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;10</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">9&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&amp;7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&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">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;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">7&amp;8</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">5&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>
<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">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">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;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">6&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;6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4&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">5&amp;6</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">15&amp;14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">15&amp;16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">14&amp;15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">14*&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">16&amp;16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">/</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">14&amp;14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;18</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">10</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">11</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">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">11</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">32</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">28</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">33</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">31</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">30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">34</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">110</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">115</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">110</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">114</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">118</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">110</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">106</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">120</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">113</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;9</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;6*</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">11&amp;11</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;11</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">14&amp;15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">16&amp;15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&amp;16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">15&amp;14</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;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;15</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">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">9&amp;9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">12&amp;12</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>
</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;19</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">20&amp;20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">19&amp;20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&amp;17</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">20&amp;20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">20&amp;20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">14*&amp;18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;19</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">19&amp;19</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">17&amp;16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&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">16&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">18&amp;18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&amp;15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">18&amp;18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">17&amp;17</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">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">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</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">2</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">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</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">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;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">8&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">9&amp;8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</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;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4&amp;4</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;4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">4&amp;4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">5&amp;5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</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">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</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>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1&amp;1</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Table 8.</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 agayagangai" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agayagangai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis agayagangai</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="8" 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-1213</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1215</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1214</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1216</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1217</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1218</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1219</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1220</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">NRC-AA-1221</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">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">M</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">F</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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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">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">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</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">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">abs.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</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">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" rowspan="1">abs.</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">abs.</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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">0</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">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>
<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>
<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 (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>
<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">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">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">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>
</table>
</paragraph>
</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 agayagangai" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agayagangai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis agayagangai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">sp. nov.</emphasis>
is currently known only from around its type locality (from Agaya Gangai waterfalls, Kolli hills, ca. 700-1000 m asl.) in Namakkal 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>
). The new species was observed to be diurnal, rupicolous, and locally abundant. At collection sites, many individuals (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">n</emphasis>
=&gt;30) were observed active during the daytime (0900-1430 hrs) on rocks and cement walls below 2 m height in moist 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">8B</figureCitation>
). Individuals of the new species were observed in great numbers across the elevation gradient, along the path to the Agaya Gangai waterfalls. Sympatric geckos encountered at the locality include
<taxonomicName authorityName="Das &amp; Bauer" authorityYear="2000" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cnemaspis yercaudensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yercaudensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137">Cnemaspis yercaudensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agarwal, Giri &amp; Bauer" authorityYear="2011" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus graniticolus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="graniticolus">Hemidactylus cf. graniticolus</taxonomicName>
,
<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>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Duméril">Dumeril</normalizedToken>
&amp; Bibron,
<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>
, and
<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>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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