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
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Vertebrate Zoology
2022
2022-12-07
72
1137
1186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e94799
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e94799
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Table 4. Meristic data for the type series of Cnemaspis salimalii sp. nov.. Abbreviations are listed in Materials and Methods except for: L&R = Left & Right; irr = irregular; * = paravertebral tubercles and lamellae incomplete; / = not available; abs. = absent;.| Type | Holotype | Paratypes |
| Museum number | NRC-AA-1204 | NRC-AA-1205 | NRC-AA-1206 | NRC-AA-1207 | NRC-AA-1208 | NRC-AA-1209 | NRC-AA-1210 | NRC-AA-1211 | NRC-AA-1212 |
| Sex | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Female | Female | Male |
| SL (L&R) | 10&10 | 8&9 | 8&8 | 9&9 | 9&8 | 9&9 | 9&10 | 8&7 | 9&9 |
| IL (L&R) | 8&8 | 7&8 | 7&7 | 8&9 | 9&9 | 9&8 | 9&9 | 8&8 | 9&8 |
| SL M (L&R) | 6&6 | 6&6 | 7&6 | 5&6 | 7&7 | 6&6 | 5&5 | 5&5 | 5&5 |
| IL M (L&R) | 6&6 | 5&6 | 6&5 | 5&6 | 6&6 | 6&5 | 5&5 | 5&6 | 5&6 |
| PVT (L&R) | irr | / | / | 18&18 | 18&18 | *&17 | 18&18 | 16&17 | 18&17 |
| DTR | 12 | 11 | / | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| MVSR | 30 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 |
| VS | 109 | 114 | 113 | 118 | 116 | 128 | 117 | 114 | 117 |
| LamF1 (L&R) | 12&12 | 11&12 | 10&10 | 11&11 | 11&11 | 11&11 | 11&11 | 10&11 | 11&11 |
| LamF4 (L&R) | 16&17 | 15&16 | 18&16 | 18&18 | 16&17 | 17&17 | 16&16 | 18&18 | 18&18 |
| LamT1 (L&R) | 12&12 | 11&11 | 10&10 | 10&11 | 10&10 | 11&10 | 10&10 | 11&11 | 10&11 |
| LamT4 (L&R) | 22&22 | 21&22 | 22&22 | 21&22 | 21&21 | 21&20 | 22&22 | 15*&22 | 24&23 |
| LamT5 (L&R) | 19&19 | 15*&19 | 18&18 | 19&20 | 19&18 | 19&19 | 18&18 | 18&19 | 20&21 |
| PP L&R | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 2&2 | 1&1 | abs. | abs. | 1&2 |
| SBPP | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | abs. | abs. | 3 |
| SB PP&FP (L&R) | 7&6 | 6&6 | 7&6 | 7&6 | 7&6 | 6&6 | abs. | abs. | 6&5 |
| FP (L&R) | 5&4 | 4&4 | 4&4 | 4&3 | 3&4 | 4&3 | abs. | abs. | 5&5 |
| SBFP | abs. | abs. | abs. | abs. | abs. | abs. | abs. | abs. | abs. |
| PCT (L&R) | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 | 1&1 |