Cnemaspis gracilis
Creators: name: Agarwal, Ishan
name: Thackeray, Tejas
name: Khandekar, Akshay
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Gekkonidae
Cnemaspis
Cnemaspis gracilis

description: gracilis clade
Cnemaspis agarwali: holotype, NCBS-AU486 (adult male); paratypes, NCBS-AU487, BNHS 2337, NCBS-AU488, NCBSAU490, and BNHS 2338 (adult males), NCBS-AU485, BNHS 2336, and BNHS 2339 (adult females), from Sankari, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis agayagangai: holotype, NRC-AA-1213 (adult male); paratypes, NRC-AA-1215, NRC-AA-1214, NRC-AA-1220, NRC-AA-1216, NRC-AA-1217 (adult males), NRC-AA-1219, NRC-AA-1221, NRC-AA-1218 (adult females), from Kolli Hills, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis fantastica: holotype, NRC-AA-1222 (adult male); paratypes, NRC-AA-1224, NRC-AA-1225, NRC-AA-1227, NRCAA-1229 (adult males), NRC-AA-1223, NRC-AA-1226, NRC-AA-1228 (adult females), Kolli Hills, Solakkadu, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis gracilis: BNHS 3128 (adult male), BNHS 3129 (adult female), from Chennathanair Reserve Forest, Palakkad District, Kerala; NRC-AA-1248–NRC-AA-1250, NRC-AA-1252–NRC-AA-1254 (adult males), NRC-AA-1255 (subadult male), NRC-AA-1251 (adult female), from Valparai Town, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu; NRC-AA-1277 (adult male), NRC-AA-1278 (adult female), NRC-AA-1279 (juvenile), from Timber Market, Sambhaji Nagar, Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India.
Cnemaspis jackieii: holotype, BNHS 2620 (adult male), from near Karuppanadhi dam, Vairavankulam Reserve Forest, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis mundanthuraiensis: holotype, NRC-AA-1175 (adult male); paratypes, NRC-AA-1176, NRC-AA-1177, NRC-AA-1178, BNHS 2822, BNHS 2824, and BNHS 2825 (adult males), BNHS 2823 (adult female), NRC-AA-1179 (subadult female) from Papanasam Reserve Forest, Mundanthurai Forest Range, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis: holotype, NRC-AA-1230 (adult male); paratypes, NRC-AA-1231– NRCAA-1233, NRC-AA-1235–NRC-AA-1237 (adult males), NRC-AA-1234 (adult female), from Pachaimalai Hills, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis rudhira: holotype, NRC-AA-1238 (adult male); paratypes, NRC-AA-1246, NRC-AA-1239– NRC-AA-1241, NRC-AA-1243–NRC-AA-1245 (adult males), NRCAA-1247, NRC-AA-1242 (adult females), from Yercaud, in the Shevaroy Hills, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis salimalii: holotype, NRC-AA-1204 (adult male); paratypes, NRC-AA-1205, NRC-AA-1206 (subadult males), NRC-AA-1207–NRC-AA-1209, NRC-AA-1212 (adult males), NRC-AA-1210, NRCAA-1211 (adult females), from the vicinity of Nallathambi resort, Semmedu, Kolli Hills, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis shevaroyensis: holotype, NCBS-BH674 (adult male); paratypes, BNHS 2530, BNHS 2531 (adult males), NCBS-BH675, NCBS-BH676, BNHS 2529 (adult females) from the Shevaroy Hills, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cnemaspis thackerayi: holotype, NCBS-BH670 (adult male); paratypes, NCBS-BH671, BNHS 2527 (adult males), NCBS-BH672, NCBS-BH673, BNHS 2526, BNHS 2528 (adult females) from Yercaud, in Shevaroy Hills, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India.
description: Published as part of Agarwal, Ishan, Thackeray, Tejas & Khandekar, Akshay, 2024, Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern tip of the Western Ghats, India, pp. 1803-1843 in Journal of Natural History 58 (41 - 44) on page 1842, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2400730, http://zenodo.org/record/14241413