Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern tip of the Western Ghats, India
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Agarwal, Ishan
Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, India;
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Thackeray, Tejas
Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, India;
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Khandekar, Akshay
Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, India; & Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
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Journal of Natural History
2024
2024-09-19
58
41 - 44
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2400730
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10.1080/00222933.2024.2400730
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Table 4. Meristic data for Cnemaspis kanyakumariensis sp. n. All abbreviations are listed in the Materials and methods section except for: L&R = left and right; and A = absent.| Type | Holotype | Paratypes |
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| Museum number | NRC-AA-8334 | NRC-AA-8335 | NRC-AA-8336 | NRC-AA-8337 | BNHS 2881 | BNHS 2882 | ZSI-R-28776 | ZSI-R-28777 |
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| Sex | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Female | Female | Female |
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| SL L&R | 10&9 | 11&11 | 9&9 | 10&10 | 9&8 | 9&8 | 9&9 | 10&9 |
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| IL L&R | 9&9 | 8&8 | 8&9 | 9&9 | 7&8 | 8&8 | 8&8 | 8&8 |
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| SL M L&R | 8&8 | 7&7 | 7&6 | 7&7 | 6&7 | 7&7 | 7&8 | 7&8 |
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| IL M L&R | 6&7 | 6&6 | 6&6 | 6&6 | 5&7 | 7&7 | 7&7 | 6&7 |
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| ESFL L&R | 3&6 | 7&6 | 4&6 | 4&6 | 3&4 | 4&4 | 5&6 | 4&5 |
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| PVT | 15&13 | 13&12 | 15&17 | 17&16 | 16&16 | 14&14 | 15&16 | 15&14 |
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| DTR | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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| MVSR | 34 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 35 |
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| VS | 137 | 128 | 137 | 133 | 135 | 130 | 132 | 138 |
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| DLAMF1 L&R | 9&9 | 9&9 | 9&9 | 9&9 | 9&11 | 9&10 | 9&9 | 9&9 |
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| BLAMF1 L&R | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 |
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| DLAMF4 L&R | 11&10 | 11&11 | 12&12 | 12&13 | 11&10 | 13&12 | 12&11 | 11&12 |
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| BLAMF4 L&R | 4&5 | 5&5 | 4&4 | 4&4 | 5&5 | 6&4 | 4&4 | 5&5 |
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| DLAMT1 L&R | 8&8 | 9&9 | 10&9 | 8&9 | 8&9 | 9&10 | 9&9 | 8&8 |
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| BLAMT1 L&R | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 2&2 | 3&3 | 2&2 |
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| DLAMT4 L&R | 12&12 | 12&12 | 14&14 | 13&14 | 12&12 | 13&13 | 12&13 | 12&12 |
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| BLAMT4 L&R | 6&6 | 7&7 | 8&7 | 6&7 | 8&7 | 7&7 | 6&6 | 7&7 |
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| DLAMT5 L&R | 11&10 | 12&11 | 14&13 | 13&13 | 11&11 | 14&14 | 13&13 | 11&11 |
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| BLAMT5 L&R | 5&5 | 4&4 | 4&4 | 6&6 | 5&5 | 5&5 | 3&3 | 5&5 |
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| TLAMF1 L&R | 11&11 | 11&11 | 11&11 | 11&11 | 11&13 | 11&12 | 11&11 | 11&11 |
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| TLAMF4 L&R | 15&15 | 16&16 | 16&16 | 16&17 | 16&15 | 19&16 | 16&15 | 16&17 |
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| TLAMT1 L&R | 10&10 | 11&11 | 12&11 | 10&11 | 10&11 | 11&12 | 12&12 | 10&10 |
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| TLAMT4 L&R | 18&18 | 19&19 | 22&21 | 19&21 | 20&19 | 20&20 | 18&19 | 19&19 |
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| TLAMT5 L&R | 16&15 | 16&15 | 18&17 | 19&19 | 16&16 | 19&19 | 16&16 | 16&16 |
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| FP L&R | 3&3 | 4&5 | 5&5 | 4&4 | 3&4 | A | A | A |
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| SBFP | 28 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 25 | A | A | A |
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| PCT | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 |
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