Cnemaspis
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 Unidentified Cnemaspis gecko from the Western Ghats. Note the round pupil.
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Cnemaspis is a genus of diurnal gecko found in Asia.
[edit] Description
They have slender clawed digits which are cylindrical or depressed at the base (rarely dilated); the distal phalanges are compressed, forming an angle with the basal portion of the digits, the lower surface of which has a row of plates. Body more or less depressed, granular or tubercular above. Tail not compressed. Pupil circular; eyelid distinct all round the eye. Males with or without pre-anal or femoral pores.[1]
[edit] Classification of genus Cnemaspis:
- Cnemaspis affinis
- Cnemaspis africana
- Cnemaspis alantika
- Cnemaspis anaikattiensis[2]
- Cnemaspis argus
- Cnemaspis assamensis
- Cnemaspis barbouri
- Cnemaspis beddomei
- Cnemaspis boiei
- Cnemaspis boulengerii
- Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis
- Cnemaspis dickersoni
- Cnemaspis dilepis
- Cnemaspis dringi
- Cnemaspis flavolineata
- Cnemaspis gigas
- Cnemaspis goaensis
- Cnemaspis gordongekkoi
- Cnemaspis indica
- Cnemaspis jerdonii
- Cnemaspis kandiana (Kelaart, 1852) (Endemic to Sri Lanka.[3])
- Cnemaspis kendallii
- Cnemaspis koehleri
- Cnemaspis kumpoli
- Cnemaspis littoralis
- Cnemaspis nairi
- Cnemaspis nigridius
- Cnemaspis occidentalis
- Cnemaspis ornata
- Cnemaspis otai
- Cnemaspis petrodroma
- Cnemaspis podihuna
- Cnemaspis quattuorseriata
- Cnemaspis ranwellai
- Cnemaspis siamensis
- Cnemaspis sisparensis
- Cnemaspis spinicollis
- Cnemaspis timoriensis
- Cnemaspis tropidogaster
- Cnemaspis uzungwae
- Cnemaspis wynadensis
- Cnemaspis yercaudensis
[edit] References
- ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia. (Refering to Gonatodes)
- ^ Mukherjee, D., S Bhupathy, A. M. A. Nixon (2005) A new species of day gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis)from the Anaikatti Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India Current Science 89(8) [1]
- ^ Indraneil Das (2005) Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Herpetology 39(2):233–247
