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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFC80769FF57FA65FE8DFA57" bold="true" box="[151,267,1431,1457]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
<typeStatus id="47068859FFC80769FF57FA65FE80FA57" box="[151,262,1431,1457]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
Adult
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,
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(32.2 SVL), collected on a rock (
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,
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; alt.
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<quantity id="5F459B1EFFC80769FAC9FA65FAD6FA57" box="[1289,1360,1431,1457]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.84" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" unit="m" value="384.0">384 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; by
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and
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on
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<collectingDate id="FC47E9D3FFC80769FB15FA49FAF3FA33" box="[1237,1397,1467,1493]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" value="2023-04-04">04 April 2023</collectingDate>
</date>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="980236FBFFC80769FF07FA2DFE0FF9FB" blockId="9.[151,1437,1430,1997]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
<materialsCitation id="28D53CA6FFC80769FF07FA2DFD60FA1F" box="[199,742,1502,1529]" collectingDate="2023-04-04" collectionCode="SVL" collectorName="Amit Sayyed &amp; Samson Kirubakaran" country="India" county="Samson Kirubakaran" elevation="384" latitude="9.072847" location="Mekkarai" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="77.21187" municipality="Amit Sayyed" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" specimenCode="BNHS 2916" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Tamil Nadu" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFC80769FF07FA2DFEB9FA1F" bold="true" box="[199,319,1503,1529]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
<typeStatus id="47068859FFC80769FF07FA2DFEB9FA1F" box="[199,319,1503,1529]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
Adult
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,
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(34.6
<collectionCode id="FEACAE3EFFC80769FD68FA2DFD58FA1F" box="[680,734,1503,1529]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">SVL</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="28D53CA6FFC80769FD2EFA2DFE03F9FB" collectingDate="2023-04-04" collectionCode="SVL" collectorName="Amit Sayyed &amp; Samson Kirubakaran" country="India" county="Samson Kirubakaran" elevation="384" latitude="9.072847" location="Mekkarai" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="77.21187" municipality="Amit Sayyed" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" specimenCode="BNHS 2917" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Tamil Nadu" typeStatus="paratype">
and adult
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,
<specimenCode id="C81B9E80FFC80769FC7AFA2DFBC2FA1F" box="[954,1092,1503,1529]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">BNHS 2917</specimenCode>
(30.5 SVL); collection details same as the holotype
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D0A76570FFC8076DFF07F9D4FC78F80B" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="314" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="980236FBFFC80769FF07F9D4FDCDF82B" blockId="9.[151,1437,1430,1997]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFC80769FF07F9D4FEC4F9A6" bold="true" box="[199,322,1574,1600]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A small-sized
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFC80769FE35F9D5FDF6F9A7" box="[501,624,1575,1601]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Cnemaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with adult SVL&lt;
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; dorsal scales on trunk heterogeneous; small, rounded, slightly raised, unkeeled, granular scales intermixed with larger weakly keeled, rounded tubercles; larger tubercles in 6 irregular rows at midbody; 1415 tubercles in row on either side of flank from posterior edge of the forearm insertions to hindlimb insertion; enlarged tubercles in paravertebral region absent; conical and spine-like tubercles absent on flanks; 67 supralabials; 67 infralabials; mid-dorsal scales 7580; scales on snout and canthus rostralis unkeeled; scales on neck, nape and occiput granular, unkeeled; larger tubercles absent on the occiput, nape and neck; scales on ventral surface of head, neck, chest, arm and pes smooth; mid-ventral scales 156160, middorsal scales 3536; subdigital lamellae under fourth digit of manus 13, under fourth digit of pes 1315; males with 89 precloacal pores; dorsal scales of limbs granular, unkeeled; dorsal scales on tail base unkeeled, granular, flattened, intermixed with enlarged, slightly keeled, rounded tubercles; scales on ventral aspect of tail subimbricate, smooth; median series distinctly larger than rest; a single enlarged, conical postcloacal spur on each side; sexual dichromatism within species observed.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="980236FBFFCB076AFF57F864FDE5F813" blockId="10.[151,1436,1942,2038]" pageId="10" pageNumber="311">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCB076AFF57F864FE92F848" bold="true" box="[151,276,1942,1966]" pageId="10" pageNumber="311">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCB076AFEDBF864FE51F848" box="[283,471,1942,1966]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="311">Cnemaspis triedra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCB076AFE1FF864FDB6F848" bold="true" box="[479,560,1942,1966]" pageId="10" pageNumber="311">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B1FA5792FFCB076AFE1FF864FDB6F848" box="[479,560,1942,1966]" pageId="10" pageNumber="311" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
holotype, BNHS 2912; (A) dorsal view of head, (B) ventral view of head, (C) lateral view of head, (D) view of femoral and precloacal region, (E) ventral view of lamellae under right menus, and (F) ventral view of lamellae under right pes. Scale bars 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="980236FBFFCA076BFF57F867FDF5F837" blockId="11.[151,1437,1941,2001]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCA076BFF57F867FE94F84B" bold="true" box="[151,274,1941,1965]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCA076BFED8F864FE55F84B" box="[280,467,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Cnemaspis triedra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCA076BFE19F867FDAEF84B" bold="true" box="[473,552,1941,1965]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B1FA5792FFCA076BFE19F867FDAEF84B" box="[473,552,1941,1965]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
holotype, BNHS 2912; (A) dorsal view of mid-body, (B) ventral view of mid-body, and (C) lateral view of mid body. Scale bars 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="980236FBFFCD076CFF57F886FDDFF857" blockId="12.[151,1436,1908,1969]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCD076CFF57F886FE93F86B" bold="true" box="[151,277,1908,1933]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Colour in life of
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCD076CFE0EF887FD0DF86B" box="[462,651,1909,1933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Cnemaspis triedra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCD076CFD53F887FD60F86B" bold="true" box="[659,742,1909,1933]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B1FA5792FFCD076CFD53F887FD60F86B" box="[659,742,1909,1933]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
dorsolateral aspect of holotype, BNHS 2912, male (A), and lateral aspect of paratype, BNHS 2914, female (B).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="CCC26673FFCC076DFF57FB6AFF60FB32" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10151005" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10151005" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10151005/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" startId="13.[151,250,1176,1200]" targetBox="[154,1433,181,1153]" targetPageId="13" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="980236FBFFCC076DFF57FB6AFF60FB32" blockId="13.[151,1436,1176,1237]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFF57FB6AFE95FB56" bold="true" box="[151,275,1176,1200]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFEDAFB6BFE64FB56" authority="Sayyed &amp; Kirubankaran &amp; Khot &amp; Harsan &amp; Adhikari &amp; Sayyed &amp; Sayyed &amp; Fazil &amp; Jerith &amp; Deshpande &amp; Purkayastha &amp; Sulakhe, 2023" authorityName="Sayyed &amp; Kirubankaran &amp; Khot &amp; Harsan &amp; Adhikari &amp; Sayyed &amp; Sayyed &amp; Fazil &amp; Jerith &amp; Deshpande &amp; Purkayastha &amp; Sulakhe" authorityYear="2023" box="[282,482,1176,1200]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sundara" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFEDAFB6BFE64FB56" box="[282,482,1176,1200]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Cnemaspis sundara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE29FB6BFDBFFB57" bold="true" box="[489,569,1177,1201]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B1FA5792FFCC076DFE29FB6BFDBFFB57" box="[489,569,1177,1201]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
holotype, BNHS 2915; (A) dorsal view of body, (B) ventral view of body. Scale bars 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="980236FBFFCC076DFF07FAF0FC78F80B" blockId="13.[151,1437,1282,2029]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFF07FAF0FCADFAFB" bold="true" box="[199,811,1282,1309]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
Comparisons with members of
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFD8EFAF1FD67FAFB" bold="true" box="[590,737,1282,1309]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. beddomei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade
</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFCFEFAF1FBA6FAFB" authority="Sayyed &amp; Kirubankaran &amp; Khot &amp; Harsan &amp; Adhikari &amp; Sayyed &amp; Sayyed &amp; Fazil &amp; Jerith &amp; Deshpande &amp; Purkayastha &amp; Sulakhe, 2023" authorityName="Sayyed &amp; Kirubankaran &amp; Khot &amp; Harsan &amp; Adhikari &amp; Sayyed &amp; Sayyed &amp; Fazil &amp; Jerith &amp; Deshpande &amp; Purkayastha &amp; Sulakhe" authorityYear="2023" box="[830,1056,1283,1309]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sundara" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFCFEFAF1FBA6FAFB" box="[830,1056,1283,1309]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Cnemaspis sundara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFBECFAF1FB0CFAFB" bold="true" box="[1068,1162,1283,1309]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B1FA5792FFCC076DFBECFAF1FB0CFAFB" box="[1068,1162,1283,1309]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is a member of the
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFA43FAF1FE82FAA7" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1876" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFA43FAF1FE82FAA7" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. beddomei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade and can be easily distinguished from all other 14 members of the clade by a combination of the following differing or non-overlapping characters: SVL&lt;
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(
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFCB5FABEFC3BFA83" box="[885,957,1356,1381]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">versus</emphasis>
SVL&gt;
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFBD0FAB9FBE7FA83" box="[1040,1121,1355,1381]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="mm" value="40.0">40 mm</quantity>
in
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFB47FAB9FE18FA6F" authority="Cyriac, Johny, Umesh &amp; Palot" authorityName="Cyriac, Johny, Umesh &amp; Palot" authorityYear="2018" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anamudiensis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB47FAB9FAC4FA83" box="[1159,1346,1355,1381]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. anamudiensis</emphasis>
Cyriac, Johny, Umesh &amp; Palot
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFE6CFA9DFC88FA6F" authority="(Theobald, 1876)" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1876" box="[428,782,1391,1417]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE6CFA9DFDBAFA6F" box="[428,572,1391,1417]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. beddomei</emphasis>
(Theobald, 1876)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFCDCFA9DFAB2FA6F" authority="Cyriac, Johny, Umesh &amp; Palot" authorityName="Cyriac, Johny, Umesh &amp; Palot" authorityYear="2018" box="[796,1332,1391,1417]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculicollis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFCDCFA9DFC4EFA6F" box="[796,968,1391,1417]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. maculicollis</emphasis>
Cyriac, Johny, Umesh &amp; Palot
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFA82FA9DFE13FA4B" authority="Inger, Marx &amp; Koshy" authorityName="Inger, Marx &amp; Koshy" authorityYear="1984" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nairi">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFA82FA9DFA1AFA6F" box="[1346,1436,1391,1417]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nairi</emphasis>
Inger, Marx &amp; Koshy
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFE64FA61FC0AFA4B" authority="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[420,908,1427,1453]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nimbus">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE64FA61FD9CFA4B" box="[420,538,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nimbus</emphasis>
Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFC5BFA61FB59FA4B" authority="(Beddome, 1870)" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1870" box="[923,1247,1427,1453]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornata">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC5BFA61FB8DFA4B" box="[923,1035,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. ornata</emphasis>
(Beddome, 1870)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFB2FFA61FE71FA37" authority="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubraoculus">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB2FFA61FA1AFA4B" box="[1263,1436,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. rubraoculus</emphasis>
Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFDC4FA45FC51FA37" authority="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[516,983,1463,1489]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smaug">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFDC4FA45FDF6FA37" box="[516,624,1463,1489]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. smaug</emphasis>
Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFBD1FA45FF7EFA13" authority="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wallaceii">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFBD1FA45FB1CFA37" box="[1041,1178,1463,1489]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. wallaceii</emphasis>
Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker
</taxonomicName>
); six rows of dorsal tubercles at mid-body (
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFD2DFA2EFCB3FA13" box="[749,821,1500,1525]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">versus</emphasis>
810 rows of dorsal tubercles at mid-body in
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFA8AFA29FD75F9FF" authority="Sayyed, Grismer, Campbell &amp; Dileepkumar" authorityName="Sayyed, Grismer, Campbell &amp; Dileepkumar" authorityYear="2019" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aaronbaueri">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFA8AFA29FF7AF9FF" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. aaronbaueri</emphasis>
Sayyed, Grismer, Campbell &amp; Dileepkumar
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFD3FFA0DFCC0F9FF" box="[767,838,1535,1561]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.35" metricValueMax="7.62" metricValueMin="5.08" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="2.5" valueMax="3.0" valueMin="2.0">23 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFC8DFA0DFACCF9FF" authority="Khandekar, Thackeray &amp; Agarwal" authorityName="Khandekar, Thackeray &amp; Agarwal" authorityYear="2022" box="[845,1354,1535,1561]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="azhagu">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC8DFA0DFC39F9FF" box="[845,959,1535,1561]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. azhagu</emphasis>
Khandekar, Thackeray &amp; Agarwal
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFA96FA0DFF2BF9DB" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.794" metricValueMax="3.048" metricValueMin="2.54" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="11.0" valueMax="12.0" valueMin="10.0">1012 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFF74F9D1FEC4F9DB" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1876" box="[180,322,1571,1597]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFF74F9D1FEC4F9DB" box="[180,322,1571,1597]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. beddomei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, eight in
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFE6CF9D1FC04F9DB" authority="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[428,898,1571,1597]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="galaxia">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE6CF9D1FDA7F9DB" box="[428,545,1571,1597]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. galaxia</emphasis>
Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFC4DF9D1FC76F9DB" box="[909,1008,1571,1597]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.318" metricValueMax="4.572" metricValueMin="4.064" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="17.0" valueMax="18.0" valueMin="16.0">1618 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFC37F9D1FBC8F9DB" authorityName="Inger, Marx &amp; Koshy" authorityYear="1984" box="[1015,1102,1571,1597]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nairi">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC37F9D1FBC8F9DB" box="[1015,1102,1571,1597]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nairi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFB9CF9D1FB46F9DB" box="[1116,1216,1571,1597]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.429" metricValueMax="3.556" metricValueMin="3.302" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="13.5" valueMax="14.0" valueMin="13.0">1314 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFB07F9D1FE3CF987" authority="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigriventris">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB07F9D1FAEDF9DB" box="[1223,1387,1571,1597]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nigriventris</emphasis>
Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFE04F9B5FDA0F987" box="[452,550,1607,1633]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.302" metricValueMax="3.556" metricValueMin="3.048" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="13.0" valueMax="14.0" valueMin="12.0">1214 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFDEBF9B5FD1AF987" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[555,668,1607,1633]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nimbus">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFDEBF9B5FD1AF987" box="[555,668,1607,1633]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nimbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFD69F9B5FC8CF987" box="[681,778,1607,1633]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.302" metricValueMax="3.556" metricValueMin="3.048" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="13.0" valueMax="14.0" valueMin="12.0">1214 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFCD0F9B5FCFDF987" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1870" box="[784,891,1607,1633]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornata">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFCD0F9B5FCFDF987" box="[784,891,1607,1633]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. ornata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFC47F9B5FC4BF987" box="[903,973,1607,1633]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.032" metricValueMax="2.286" metricValueMin="1.778" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="8.0" valueMax="9.0" valueMin="7.0">79 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFC13F9B5FA1FF987" authority="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[979,1433,1607,1633]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="regalis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC13F9B5FBB9F987" box="[979,1087,1607,1633]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. regalis</emphasis>
Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFF57F999FF6DF963" box="[151,235,1643,1669]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.286" metricValueMax="2.54" metricValueMin="2.032" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="9.0" valueMax="10.0" valueMin="8.0">810 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFF31F999FE1FF963" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[241,409,1643,1669]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubraoculus">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFF31F999FE1FF963" box="[241,409,1643,1669]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. rubraoculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFE5EF999FD84F963" box="[414,514,1643,1669]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.207" metricValueMax="5.588" metricValueMin="4.826" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="20.5" valueMax="22.0" valueMin="19.0">1922 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFDC8F999FDF7F963" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[520,625,1643,1669]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smaug">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFDC8F999FDF7F963" box="[520,625,1643,1669]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. smaug</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFD6CF999FC88F963" box="[684,782,1643,1670]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.683" metricValueMax="3.81" metricValueMin="3.556" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="14.5" valueMax="15.0" valueMin="14.0">1415 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFCD4F999FC1CF963" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[788,922,1643,1669]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wallaceii">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFCD4F999FC1CF963" box="[788,922,1643,1669]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. wallaceii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); males with 9 precloacal pores (
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFAC9F99EFAD7F963" box="[1289,1361,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">versus</emphasis>
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFA96F999FA1AF963" box="[1366,1436,1643,1669]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.905" metricValueMax="2.032" metricValueMin="1.778" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="7.5" valueMax="8.0" valueMin="7.0">78 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFF57F97DFEC5F94F" authorityName="Sayyed, Grismer, Campbell &amp; Dileepkumar" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,323,1679,1705]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aaronbaueri">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFF57F97DFEC5F94F" box="[151,323,1679,1705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. aaronbaueri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFE91F97DFE1EF94F" box="[337,408,1679,1705]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.35" metricValueMax="7.62" metricValueMin="5.08" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="2.5" valueMax="3.0" valueMin="2.0">23 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFE5EF97DFDDFF94F" authorityName="Cyriac, Johny, Umesh &amp; Palot" authorityYear="2018" box="[414,601,1679,1705]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anamudiensis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE5EF97DFDDFF94F" box="[414,601,1679,1705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. anamudiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFDA7F97DFD28F94F" box="[615,686,1679,1705]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.778" metricValueMax="2.032" metricValueMin="1.524" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="7.0" valueMax="8.0" valueMin="6.0">68 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFD75F97DFCA0F94F" authorityName="Khandekar, Thackeray &amp; Agarwal" authorityYear="2022" box="[693,806,1679,1705]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="azhagu">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFD75F97DFCA0F94F" box="[693,806,1679,1705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. azhagu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFCF4F97DFCD9F94F" box="[820,863,1679,1705]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.778" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="7.0">7 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFCA6F97DFC75F94F" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1876" box="[870,1011,1679,1705]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFCA6F97DFC75F94F" box="[870,1011,1679,1705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. beddomei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFBEAF97DFB18F94F" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[1066,1182,1679,1705]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="galaxia">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFBEAF97DFB18F94F" box="[1066,1182,1679,1705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. galaxia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFB6CF97DFB63F94F" box="[1196,1253,1679,1705]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="10.0">10 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFB2CF97DFA13F94F" authorityName="Cyriac, Johny, Umesh &amp; Palot" authorityYear="2018" box="[1260,1429,1679,1705]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculicollis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB2CF97DFA13F94F" box="[1260,1429,1679,1705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. maculicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFF57F941FF58F92B" box="[151,222,1715,1741]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.651" metricValueMax="1.778" metricValueMin="1.524" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="6.5" valueMax="7.0" valueMin="6.0">67 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFF24F941FE01F92B" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[228,391,1715,1741]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigriventris">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFF24F941FE01F92B" box="[228,391,1715,1741]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nigriventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFE54F941FE5DF92B" box="[404,475,1715,1741]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.27" metricValueMax="1.524" metricValueMin="1.016" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="5.0" valueMax="6.0" valueMin="4.0">46 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFE21F941FDD4F92B" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[481,594,1715,1741]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nimbus">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE21F941FDD4F92B" box="[481,594,1715,1741]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nimbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFDA0F941FD20F92B" box="[608,678,1715,1741]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.778" metricValueMax="2.032" metricValueMin="1.524" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="7.0" valueMax="8.0" valueMin="6.0">68 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFD6DF941FC9EF92B" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1870" box="[685,792,1715,1741]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornata">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFD6DF941FC9EF92B" box="[685,792,1715,1741]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. ornata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFC8DF941FC3CF92B" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[845,954,1715,1741]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="regalis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC8DF941FC3CF92B" box="[845,954,1715,1741]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. regalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 156
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC3CF941FB8CF92B" bold="true" box="[1020,1034,1715,1741]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314"></emphasis>
160 longitudinal ventral scales from mental to cloaca (
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFEA4F92AFE2AF917" box="[356,428,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">versus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFDFEF925FD6DF917" box="[574,747,1751,1777]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. aaronbaueri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFC44F925FC7EF917" authorityName="Khandekar, Thackeray &amp; Agarwal" authorityYear="2022" box="[900,1016,1751,1777]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="azhagu">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC44F925FC7EF917" box="[900,1016,1751,1777]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. azhagu</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB51F925FB6FF917" box="[1169,1257,1751,1777]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nairi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFA43F925FF6EF8F3" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nimbus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFEB8F909FE63F8F3" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[376,485,1787,1813]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="regalis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFEB8F909FE63F8F3" box="[376,485,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. regalis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC6EF909FB90F8F3" box="[942,1046,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. smaug</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 154156
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFB79F909FAC6F8F3" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[1209,1344,1787,1813]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wallaceii">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB79F909FAC6F8F3" box="[1209,1344,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. wallaceii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 35
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFAB2F909FA06F8F3" bold="true" box="[1394,1408,1787,1813]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314"></emphasis>
36 ventral scales across belly at midbody (
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFD9FF8D2FD21F8DF" box="[607,679,1824,1849]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">versus</emphasis>
3133 ventral scales across belly at mid-body in
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFB27F8EDFA13F8DF" authorityName="Sayyed, Grismer, Campbell &amp; Dileepkumar" authorityYear="2019" box="[1255,1429,1823,1849]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aaronbaueri">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB27F8EDFA13F8DF" box="[1255,1429,1823,1849]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. aaronbaueri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFEC0F8B1FEF4F8BB" authorityName="Khandekar, Thackeray &amp; Agarwal" authorityYear="2022" box="[256,370,1859,1885]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="azhagu">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFEC0F8B1FEF4F8BB" box="[256,370,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. azhagu</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE28F8B1FDF0F8BB" box="[488,630,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. beddomei</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFD2DF8B1FCE7F8BB" box="[749,865,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. galaxia</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFC18F8B1FBA8F8BB" authorityName="Inger, Marx &amp; Koshy" authorityYear="1984" box="[984,1070,1859,1885]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nairi">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC18F8B1FBA8F8BB" box="[984,1070,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nairi</emphasis>
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,
<quantity id="5F459B1EFFCC076DFBFCF8B1FB19F8BB" box="[1084,1183,1859,1885]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.906" metricValueMax="10.16" metricValueMin="9.652" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="39.0" valueMax="40.0" valueMin="38.0">3840 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFB65F8B1FACFF8BB" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[1189,1353,1859,1885]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigriventris">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB65F8B1FACFF8BB" box="[1189,1353,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nigriventris</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFF74F895FEA0F867" box="[180,294,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. nimbus</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFE5DF895FD8DF867" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[413,523,1895,1921]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="regalis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE5DF895FD8DF867" box="[413,523,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. regalis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFD43F895FD6AF867" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[643,748,1895,1921]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smaug">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFD43F895FD6AF867" box="[643,748,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. smaug</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFC4DF895FB92F867" authorityName="Pal, Mirza, Dsouza &amp; Shanker" authorityYear="2021" box="[909,1044,1895,1921]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wallaceii">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFC4DF895FB92F867" box="[909,1044,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. wallaceii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFCC076DFBECF895FA8CF867" authority="Sayyed &amp; Kirubankaran &amp; Khot &amp; Harsan &amp; Adhikari &amp; Sayyed &amp; Sayyed &amp; Fazil &amp; Jerith &amp; Deshpande &amp; Purkayastha &amp; Sulakhe, 2023" authorityName="Sayyed &amp; Kirubankaran &amp; Khot &amp; Harsan &amp; Adhikari &amp; Sayyed &amp; Sayyed &amp; Fazil &amp; Jerith &amp; Deshpande &amp; Purkayastha &amp; Sulakhe" authorityYear="2023" box="[1068,1290,1895,1921]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sundara" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFBECF895FA8CF867" box="[1068,1290,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Cnemaspis sundara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFAD1F895FAEDF867" bold="true" box="[1297,1387,1895,1921]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
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as a member of the
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFE81F879FE48F843" box="[321,462,1931,1957]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. beddomei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade can be easily distinguished from representatives of the
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFBBBF879FB74F843" box="[1147,1266,1931,1957]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">C. gracilis</emphasis>
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clade based on a combination of the absence of spine-like tubercles on the flank and absence of femoral pores
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCC076DFB0CF842FA92F82F" box="[1228,1300,1968,1993]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">versus</emphasis>
presence of spine-like tubercles on the flank and femoral pores present in the latter group.
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCF076EFF57F864FE95F848" bold="true" box="[151,275,1942,1966]" pageId="14" pageNumber="315">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCF076EFEDAF864FE65F848" box="[282,483,1942,1966]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="315">Cnemaspis sundara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCF076EFE29F864FDBCF848" bold="true" box="[489,570,1942,1966]" pageId="14" pageNumber="315">
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holotype, BNHS 2915; (A) dorsal view of head, (B) ventral view of head, (C) lateral view of head, (D) view of femoral and precloacal region, (E) ventral view of lamellae under right menus, and (F) ventral view of lamellae under right pes. Scale bars 5 mm.
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<paragraph id="980236FBFFCE076FFF57F867FD26F837" blockId="15.[151,1437,1941,2001]" pageId="15" pageNumber="316">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCE076FFF57F867FE92F84B" bold="true" box="[151,276,1941,1965]" pageId="15" pageNumber="316">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFCE076FFEDBF864FE63F84B" box="[283,485,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="316">Cnemaspis sundara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="B1FA5792FFCE076FFE2CF867FDBBF84B" box="[492,573,1941,1965]" pageId="15" pageNumber="316" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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holotype, BNHS 2915; (A) dorsal view of mid-body, (B) ventral view of mid-body, and (C) lateral view of mid-body. Scale bars 5 mm.
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD10770FF57F8DAFE95F8A6" bold="true" box="[151,275,1832,1856]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Colour in life of
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lateral aspect of holotype, BNHS 2915, male (A) and lateral aspect of paratype, BNHS 2917, female (B).
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Description of the
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.
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Adult male generally in good state of preservation (
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). SVL
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, head short (HL/SVL 0.27), not wide (HW/HL 0.59), not depressed (HD/HL 0.41), distinctly larger from neck. Loreal region slightly inflated, canthus rostralis not prominent. Snout relatively short than half of head length (ES/ HL 0.38); scales on snout and canthus rostralis large, round, juxtaposed, smooth, much larger than those on forehead and interorbital region; scales on occipital and temporal region granular, round, juxtaposed, slightly raised, smooth (
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). Eye small (ED/HL 0.21),, with round pupil; supraciliaries slightly elongate. Tympanum deep, small, oval in shape (EOD/HL 0.03); eye to ear distance greater than diameter of eye (ET/ED 1.31). Rostral wider (
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) than high (
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), partially divided by a median grove; enlarged supranasal on each side, twice in the size of postnasals; rostral in contact with supralabial I, nasal, supranasal; nostrils small, oval, bordered by postnasals, supranasal and rostral; two rows of small scales separate the orbit from the supralabials (
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). Mental enlarged, subtriangular, not pointed posteriorly, longer (
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) than wide (
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); two pairs of postmentals, inner pair large, separated by single large hexagonal scale, postmentals bordered posteriorly by twelve smaller, rounded scales; gular scales granular, round, raised, smooth; throat scales granular, raised, equal in size those on gular (
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). Supralabials up to angle of jaw six on each side; supralabial I almost same in size and shape to II; infralabials up to angle of jaw six on each side; infralabial I smaller than II in size. Canthal region with 13 scales on both sides; supraciliaries separated by 30 scales at midorbit. Body relatively slender (TW/SVL 0.19), trunk less than half of SVL (AG/SVL 0.39) without ventrolateral folds. Dorsal pholidosis on trunk heterogeneous; small, rounded, slightly raised, un-keeled, granular scales intermixed with scattered, larger weakly keeled, rounded tubercles on either side of flank; enlarged tubercles in paravertebral region absent. Larger tubercles in approximately 6 irregular rows at midbody; 1415 tubercles in row from posterior edge of the forearm insertions to dorsal side of anterior margin of cloaca (
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); number of mid-dorsal scales 80; conical and spine-like tubercles absent on either side of the flanks, (
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). Granular scales on nape un-keeled, slightly smaller than those on paravertebral rows, scales on occiput un-keeled, similer in size than those on nape. Scales on ventral surface of neck, chest, arm and pes smooth, cycloid; mid-ventral scales 160, mid-body scales 36 across the venter between the lowest rows of dorsal scales (
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); nine precloacal pores (
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); Forelimbs fairly long, slender; dorsal scales of brachium unkeeled, imbricate; scales of forearm unkeeled, imbricate, smaller than those on brachials; ventral scales of brachium smooth, slightly raised, granular, smaller than those on forearm; scales beneath forearm, smooth, flat, cycloid; palmar scales smooth, slightly raised; claws slightly recurved; dorsal scales of thigh and tibia un-keeled, imbricate; ventral scales of thigh and tibia flat, cycloid; subtibial scales unkeeled; plantar scales smooth, raised; digits long with an inflected joint; subdigital lamellae unnotched; scales on dorsal surface of foot weakly keeled; lamellae beneath distal phalanges slightly widened (
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); subdigital lamellae on finger I: 8, finger II: 13, finger III: 13, finger IV: 13, finger V: 11; toe I: 7, toe II: 11, toe III: 13, toe IV: 13 and toe V: 15. Relative length of digits, fingers: IV (3.0 mm)&gt; III (
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)&gt;V (
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)&gt;II (2.0 mm)&gt;I (
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); toes: IV (
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)&gt;III (
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)&gt;V (
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)&gt; II (
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)&gt; I (
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). Tail entire and original, cylindrical, slender, flattened beneath, pointed on the tip, longer than snout-vent length (TL/SVL 1.3). Dorsal scales on tail base un-keeled, granular, same in size and shape as granular scales on dorsum of mid-body, gradually becoming larger, flattened, intermixed with enlarged, slightly keeled, rounded tubercles (
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). Scales on ventral aspect of tail much larger than those on dorsal aspect, subimbricate, smooth; median series distinctly larger than rest; scales on tail base smaller than those on mid-body ventrals, smooth, imbricate; a single enlarged, conical postcloacal spur on each side.
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD00771FF07F9E0FD92F9CA" bold="true" box="[199,532,1554,1580]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Colouration of males in life</emphasis>
(
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). The dorsal aspect of the body grey intermixed with scattered, small bluish-white spots; four large, bluish-white spots longitudinally along mid vertebral from the centre of the yellow band. Head overall grey with distinct bluish-white stripes on the head, bluish-white markings on forehead and snout, a stripe from above the nostril to dorsal margin of eye on each side, supraciliaries white; a large circular central black dorsal ocellus on occiput; a circular bluish-white spot on shoulder; dorsum from neck to beyond midbody brown, a distinct yellow band across the shoulder divided by a median bluish-white spot, starting at the anterior junction of forelimbs; yellow band bordered with a thick black band on the anterior edge, four limbs are grey above with small bluish-white scales, hind limbs are grey above with irregular large, bluish-white markings; digits are grey with irregularly white spots. Dorsal aspect of tail white with black bands, tail with seven to eight alternating bluish-white and black bands. Ventral side of the head, body and tail whitish-grey.
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Colouration of
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in preservative
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(
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). Grey of dorsum of the head, body and limbs black and yellow band and bluish-white life markings dusky-white in preserved specimens; ventral side of head, body and tail gray.
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF07FF64FD9CFF56" bold="true" box="[199,538,150,176]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Colouration of female in life</emphasis>
(
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). The dorsal aspect of the body dull yellowish-brown intermixed with large white and black scattered spots; head overall dull yellowish-brown with distinct white stripes on the head, few black scales on forehead and snout; V- shaped white marking on dorsum of head, a large circular central black dorsal ocellus on occiput; a distinct white band across the shoulder, starting at the anterior junction of forelimbs; white band bordered anteriorly by a thick black, both divided by a median bluish-white vertical band; forelimbs are grey above with small white and black scales, hind limbs are grey above with large irregular white markings; digits are grey with few irregular white and black spots. Dorsal aspect of the tail dull yellowish-brown with dull-white bands, tail with seven to eight alternating dull-white bands. The ventral side of the head, body and tail whitish-grey.
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF07FE28FD0FFE12" bold="true" box="[199,649,474,500]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Colouration of female in preservative.</emphasis>
Yellowish-brown of the dorsum of the head, body and tail dark-grey in preservbed specimen; white spots and markings in life on the head, body, limbs and tail light-grey, black spots and markings on the head, body, limbs and tail grey of dorsal limb surfaces remain little changed.
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF07FDB4FEB9FD86" bold="true" box="[199,319,582,608]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Variation.</emphasis>
Mensural data for the type series are given in Table 8. Both
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except as follows: the number of lamellae on digit IV of the pes ranges from 13 to 15; the number of supralabials and infralabials in males six, and seven in female to the angle of jaw; ventral scale counts in longitudinal series vary from 156160; mid-ventral scales in transverse series
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male has nine precloacal pores and
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male has eight. The
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in our collection match each other in overall colouration; there is strong sexual dichromatism within the species.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="980236FBFFD30772FF07FCECFB7CFCDE" blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1220]" box="[199,1274,798,825]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF07FCECFECEFCDE" bold="true" box="[199,328,798,824]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet is derived from the Sanskrit word sundara meaning beautiful.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="980236FBFFD30772FF07FCB0FD75FCBA" blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1220]" box="[199,755,834,860]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF07FCB0FD8DFCBA" bold="true" box="[199,523,834,860]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Suggested Common Name:</emphasis>
Sundar dwarf gecko
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D0A76570FFD30772FF07FC94FAF8FB9A" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="980236FBFFD30772FF07FC94FDC3FC66" blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1220]" box="[199,581,870,897]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF07FC94FE03FC66" bold="true" box="[199,389,870,896]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Natural History</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="00862A7EFFD30772FE55FC94FE75FC67" box="[405,499,870,897]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[293,1294,179,1917]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[293,1294,179,1917]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 1. Map showing the distribution of Cnemaspis gracilis clade (A) and Cnemaspis beddomei clade (B) in peninsular India. The type localities of the new species are indicated by stars." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10150995" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10150995/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Fig. 1 B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="00862A7EFFD30772FE3FFC94FDB1FC66" box="[511,567,870,896]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,489,1947]" captionTargetId="figure-172@19.[151,1436,489,1947]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 10. Habitat photos of Cnemaspis triedra sp. nov. from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India (A). Habitat photos of Cnemaspis sundara sp. nov. Mekkarai, Shenkottai, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India (B)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10151013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10151013/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">10 B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="980236FBFFD30772FF07FC78FAF8FB9A" blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1220]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">
The type series of
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FE61FC79FDA6FC42" box="[417,544,906,933]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">C. sundara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FDEAFC78FD00FC42" bold="true" box="[554,646,906,932]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B1FA5792FFD30772FDEAFC78FD00FC42" box="[554,646,906,932]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
was collected from the premises of Into the Wild Resort, Mekkarai, Shenkottai, Tenkashi District,
<collectingRegion id="5A79F819FFD30772FE25FC5CFDECFC2E" box="[485,618,942,968]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
,
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(only known from the
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locality). The individuals were observed on rocks present on the premises of the resort. The individuals were observed to be active in the daytime (11001700 hr). This suggests that the new species is diurnal and rupicolous. The individuals were also observed on the walls of the resort. The new species was found to be sympatric with
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<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FCDAFBE8FB95FBD2" box="[794,1043,1050,1076]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Hemidactylus frenatus</emphasis>
(Duméril &amp; Bibron)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFD30772FAC2FBE8FEE2FBBE" authority=", Draco" authorityName="Draco" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vanam">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FAC2FBE8FA1AFBD2" box="[1282,1436,1050,1076]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Hemidactylus</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF7FFBCDFEE2FBBE" box="[191,356,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">vanam, Draco</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FEAFFBCCFE6CFBBE" box="[367,490,1086,1112]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">dussumieri</emphasis>
(Duméril &amp; Bibron),
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFD30772FD2EFBCCFBA5FBBE" authority="(Linnaeus)" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[750,1059,1086,1112]" class="Squamata" family="Agamidae" genus="Calotes" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="calotes">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FD2EFBCCFC1BFBBE" box="[750,925,1086,1112]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Calotes calotes</emphasis>
(Linnaeus)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFD30772FBF5FBCCFA13FBBE" authority="(Gray)" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1831" box="[1077,1429,1086,1112]" class="Squamata" family="Agamidae" genus="Psammophilus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsalis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FBF5FBCCFAB9FBBE" box="[1077,1343,1086,1112]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Psammophilus dorsalis</emphasis>
(Gray)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFD30772FF57FB90FE23FB9A" authorityName="Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker &amp; Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[151,421,1122,1148]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadriensis">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF57FB90FE23FB9A" box="[151,421,1122,1148]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Ahaetulla sahyadriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, Dsouza, Shanker &amp; Ganesh) and
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFD30772FB84FB90FAFCFB9A" authority="(Merrem)" baseAuthorityName="Merrem" baseAuthorityYear="1820" box="[1092,1402,1122,1148]" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Hypnale" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hypnale">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FB84FB90FA85FB9A" box="[1092,1283,1122,1148]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Hypnale hypnale</emphasis>
(Merrem)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D0A76570FFD30772FF07FB74FE5AFB22" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="980236FBFFD30772FF07FB74FE5AFB22" blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1220]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FF07FB74FEDFFB46" bold="true" box="[199,345,1158,1184]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Distribution</emphasis>
. Currently,
<taxonomicName id="5FBD4D78FFD30772FE21FB75FDD9FB46" authority="Sayyed &amp; Kirubankaran &amp; Khot &amp; Harsan &amp; Adhikari &amp; Sayyed &amp; Sayyed &amp; Fazil &amp; Jerith &amp; Deshpande &amp; Purkayastha &amp; Sulakhe, 2023" authorityName="Sayyed &amp; Kirubankaran &amp; Khot &amp; Harsan &amp; Adhikari &amp; Sayyed &amp; Sayyed &amp; Fazil &amp; Jerith &amp; Deshpande &amp; Purkayastha &amp; Sulakhe" authorityYear="2023" box="[481,607,1158,1185]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cnemaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sundara" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FE21FB75FDD9FB46" box="[481,607,1158,1185]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">C. sundara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AAC9EAE9FFD30772FDA7FB74FD44FB46" bold="true" box="[615,706,1158,1184]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B1FA5792FFD30772FDA7FB74FD44FB46" box="[615,706,1158,1184]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is only known from only its
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locality Mekkarai, Shenkottai, Tenkasi district,
<collectingRegion id="5A79F819FFD30772FE90FB58FE5EFB22" box="[336,472,1194,1220]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
.
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