Cnemaspis

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Cnemaspis
Unidentified Cnemaspis gecko from the Western Ghats. Note the round pupil.
Unidentified Cnemaspis gecko from the Western Ghats. Note the round pupil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cnemaspis
A Cnemaspis gecko from the Western Ghats
A Cnemaspis gecko from the Western Ghats

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:

  • Stoliczka's Gecko, Cnemaspis affinis
  • African Gecko, Cnemaspis africana
  • Cnemaspis alantika
  • Cnemaspis alwisi
  • Cnemaspis anaikattiensis[2]
  • Dring's Gecko, Cnemaspis argus
  • Cnemaspis assamensis
  • Cnemaspis auranticopes sp. nov. Grismer & Ngô, 2007
  • Cnemaspis barbouri
  • Cnemaspis baueri
  • Beddome's Gecko, Cnemaspis beddomei
  • Boie's Gecko, Cnemaspis boiei
  • Boulenger's Gecko, Cnemaspis boulengerii
  • Chanthaburi Rock Gecko, Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis
  • Cnemaspis caudanivea sp. nov. Grismer & Ngô, 2007
  • Cnemaspis dezwaani
  • Dickerson's Gecko, Cnemaspis dickersoni
  • Two-scaled Gecko, Cnemaspis dilepis
  • Cnemaspis dringi
  • Yellow-Striped Rock Gecko, Cnemaspis flavolineata
  • Perret's Nigeria Gecko, Cnemaspis gigas
  • Goan Day Gecko, Cnemaspis goaensis
  • Cnemaspis gordongekkoi
  • Cnemaspis heteropholis
  • Nilgiri Hills Gecko, Cnemaspis indica
  • Cnemaspis indraneildasii
  • Cnemaspis jacobsoni
  • Jerdon's Indian Gecko, Cnemaspis jerdonii
    • Cnemaspis jerdonii jerdonii
    • Cnemaspis jerdonii scalpensis
  • Kandyan Day Gecko, Cnemaspis kandiana (Kelaart, 1852) (Endemic to Sri Lanka.[3])
  • Kendall's Gecko, Cnemaspis kendallii
  • Koehler's Gecko, Cnemaspis koehleri
  • Cnemaspis kumarasinghei
  • Trang Province Gecko, Cnemaspis kumpoli
  • Cnemaspis limi
  • Coastal Day Gecko, Cnemaspis littoralis
  • Cnemaspis modiglianii
  • Cnemaspis molligodai
  • Ponmudi Day Gecko, Cnemaspis nairi
  • Borneo Black Gecko, Cnemaspis nigridius
  • Cnemaspis nuicamensis sp. nov. Grismer & Ngô, 2007
  • western Gecko, Cnemaspis occidentalis
  • Ornate Day Gecko, Cnemaspis ornata
  • Cnemaspis otai
  • Nigeria Crag Gecko, Cnemaspis petrodroma
  • Phuket Day Gecko, Cnemaspis phuketensis
  • Deraniyagala's Gecko, Cnemaspis podihuna
  • Sternfeld's Gecko, Cnemaspis quattuorseriata
  • Ranwella's Day Gecko, Cnemaspis ranwellai
  • Cnemaspis retigalensis
  • Cnemaspis samanalensis
  • Jerdon’s Day Gecko, Cnemaspis scalpensis
  • Siamese Gecko, Cnemaspis siamensis
  • Theobald's Gecko, Cnemaspis sisparensis
  • Cameroon Collared Gecko, Cnemaspis spinicollis
  • Timor Gecko, Cnemaspis timoriensis
  • Marked Belly Gecko, Cnemaspis tropidogaster
  • Cnemaspis tucdupensis sp. nov. Grismer & Ngô, 2007
  • Tanzania Gecko, Cnemaspis uzungwae
  • Cnemaspis whittenorum
  • Wynad Day Gecko, Cnemaspis wynadensis
  • Cnemaspis yercaudensis

[edit] References

  1. ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia. (Referring to Gonatodes)
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ 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