Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern tip of the Western Ghats, India
Author
Agarwal, Ishan
Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, India;
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Thackeray, Tejas
Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, India;
Author
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
1803
1843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2400730
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10.1080/00222933.2024.2400730
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Table 5. Additional morphological characters of Cnemaspis kanyakumariensis sp. n. A = absent; / = data unavailable.| Final numbers | Holotype | Paratypes |
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| Specimen 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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| Anterior extra-brillar fringe scales enlarged (0) or not enlarged (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Dorsal ocellus present (0) or indistinct (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Dorsal pholidosis homogeneous (0) or heterogeneous (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Dorsal tubercles keeled (0) or smooth (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Dorsal tubercles linearly arranged (0) or more random (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Spine-like tubercles on flank present (0) or absent (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Spine-like tubercles on flank short (0) or long (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Gular scales weakly keeled (0) or smooth (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Gular scales protrudent (0) or flattened (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Pectoral scales weakly keeled (0) or smooth (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Ventral scales weakly keeled (0) or smooth (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Femoral pores elongate (0) or round (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A | A | A |
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| Enlarged femoral scales present (0) or absent (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Subtibial scales weakly keeled (0) or smooth (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| Caudal tubercles encircle tail (0) or not (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | / | 0 | / |
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| Lateral caudal furrows present (0) or absent (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | / | 1 | / |
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| Subcaudals keeled only on tip (0) or posterior one-third length of tail (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | / | 1 | / |
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| Median row of subcaudal scales keeled only on tip (0) or posterior one-third length of tail (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | / | 1 | / |
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| Median subcaudal scale row not enlarged (0) or enlarged with condition of two or three slightly enlarged scales alternating with an enlarged scale (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | / | 1 | / |
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