Two new nocturnal species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the wynadensis clade from the southern Western Ghats, India
Author
Khandekar, Akshay
0000-0002-7956-089X
Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India & Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India
akshaykhandekar555@gmail.com
Author
Thackeray, Tejas
0000-0002-9981-8763
Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India
tejasthackeray@gmail.com
Author
Agarwal, Ishan
Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-23
5443
3
353
386
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.3.3
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5443.3.3
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TABLE 2. Uncorrected % sequence divergence within the C. wynadensis clade. Above diagonal, 16S; below diagonal, ND2; along diagonal in bold, maximum intraspecific ND2 divergence; - indicates no data.| Sr. No. | Cnemaspis species | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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| 1 | C. persephone sp. nov. | 0.4 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | - | 9.0 | 8.5 | 4.2 |
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| 2 | C. sanctus sp. nov. | 18.8 | - | 1.3 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 8.4 | - | 9.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
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| 3 | C. cf. sanctus | 19.3 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | - | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.0 |
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| 4 | C. anaikattiensis | 11.8 | 18.4 | 19.7 | - | 6.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | - | 9.1 | 7.6 | 4.1 |
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| 5 | C. balerion | 13.8 | 16.7 | 18.5 | 14.2 | - | 7.5 | 7.7 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | - | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
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| 6 | C. chengodumalaensis | 12.1 | 18.1 | 18.8 | 7.8 | 14.1 | - | 5 | 10.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | - | 9.6 | 8.9 | 5.3 |
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| 7 | C. heteropholis | 12.3 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 9.8 | 14.6 | 12.2 | - | 11 | 5.7 | 4.3 | - | 9.3 | 8.4 | 6.4 |
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| 8 | C. kolhapurensis | 18.4 | 19.9 | 21 | 17.7 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 0.7 | 11 | 10.5 | - | 10.6 | 9.4 | 10.6 |
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| 9 | C. kottiyoorensis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | - | 9.8 | 8.4 | 6.2 |
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| 10 | C. lithophilis | 11.5 | 19 | 20 | 11.2 | 15.2 | 11 | 7.3 | 18.2 | - | - | - | 10 | 7.7 | 5.2 |
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| 11 | C. magnifica | 13 | 18.4 | 19.6 | 11.9 | 16.0 | 12 | 9.1 | 19 | - | 9.5 | 1.1 | - | - | - |
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| 12 | C. sisparensis | 22.9 | 22.4 | 24.1 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 20.9 | 22.3 | - | 20.1 | 20.4 | - | 4.9 | 9.9 |
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| 13 | C. zacharyi | 17.2 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 16 | 15.0 | 16.6 | 17.9 | 18.9 | - | 17 | 17.8 | - | 1.7 | 8.2 |
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| 14 | C. wynadensis | 8.2 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 17.9 | - | 12.4 | 13.9 | 21.8 | 17.6 | 3.5 |
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