A multitude of spots! Five new microendemic species of the Cnemaspis gracilis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from massifs in the Shevaroy landscape, Tamil Nadu, India Author Agarwal, Ishan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9734-5379 Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India & National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560065, India ishan.agarwal@gmail.com Author Thackeray, Tejas Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India Author Khandekar, Akshay https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7956-089X Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India & National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560065, India & Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India akshaykhandekar555@gmail.com text Vertebrate Zoology 2022 2022-12-07 72 1137 1186 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e94799 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e94799 2625-8498-72-1137 053FE4B0F41E49BF90C3156A02C86DCE DE859983868C5B5E94085813F83400F9

Table 11. Additional morphological character states evaluation for the type series of Cnemaspis fantastica sp. nov.. abs. = absent; / = data unavailable.

Types	Holotype	Paratypes
museum number	NRC-AA-1222	NRC-AA-1223	NRC-AA-1224	NRC-AA-1225	NRC-AA-1226	NRC-AA-1227	NRC-AA-1228	NRC-AA-1229
Sex	M	F	M	M	F	M	F	M
Anterior extra-brillar fringe scales enlarged (1) or not enlarged (0)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ventral scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gular scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pectoral scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Precloacal pores continuous (1) or separated (0)	0	abs.	0	0	abs.	0	abs.	0
Precloacal pores elongate (1) or round (0)	1	abs.	1	0	abs.	0	abs.	1
femoral pores elongate (1) or round (0)	1	abs.	1	1	abs.	1	abs.	1
Dorsal pholidosis homogeneous (1) or heterogeneous (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorsal tubercles keeled (1) or not keeled (0)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tubercles linearly arranged (1) or more random (0)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Spine-like scales on flank present (1) or absent (0)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lateral caudal furrows present (1) or absent (0)	1	/	/	/	1	/	0	1
Subcaudals keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	/	/	/	0	/	0	0
Single median row of keeled subcaudals (1) or smooth (0)	0	/	/	/	0	/	0	0
Caudal tubercles encircle tail (1) or not (0)	1	/	/	/	1	/	1	1
Enlarged median subcaudal scale row (1) or not (0)	1	/	/	/	1	/	1	1
Enlarged femoral scales present (1) or absent (0)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Subtibial scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Occipital ocellus (present or absent)	P	P	A	A	P	P	A	P
Ocelli anterior of the shoulder present (1) or absent (0) & number	1 (3)	1 (3)	1 (3)	1 (3)	1 (3)	1 (3)	1 (3)	1 (3)
Ocelli posterior of the shoulder present (1) or absent (0) & number	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)
Original tail banded (1) or not (0)	1	/	/	1	1	1	1	1