A new large-bodied, rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India Author Khandekar, Akshay Author Thackeray, Tejas Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Vaibhav Chambers, BKC, Bandra, Mumbai, 400051, India & tejasthackeray @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9981 - 8763 Author Pal, Saunak Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Mumbai 400001, India. Author Agarwal, Ishan Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Vaibhav Chambers, BKC, Bandra, Mumbai, 400051, India & National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560065, India & ishan. agarwal @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9734 - 5379 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-17 4801 1 57 84 journal article 21671 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.2 1aa0d238-b577-46f3-a4fb-0338c3f42ad1 1175-5326 3898096 0E8B717D-FFBA-406D-ABB9-8C285536B7AC

TABLE 3. Mensural (mm) data of Cnemaspis heteropholis and type series of Cnemaspis magnifica sp. nov. Abbreviations are listed in Materials and Methods. * = tail incom- plete.

		Cnemaspis heteropholis						Cnemaspis magnifica sp. nov.
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						Holotype			Paratypes
Specimen No.	CES L692	CES L693	CES L700	CES L802	CES L864	NCBS-BH699	NCBS- BH700	NCBS- BH701	NCBS- BH702	BNHS 2545	BNHS 2546	BNHS 2547
Sex	M	F	F	M	F	M	F	M	M	M	M	F
SVL	33.4	38.5	41.9	31.3	44.4	50.7	56.7	54.2	47.1	48.5	58	52.8
TL	17.9*	45.8	50.6	39.2	20.3	62.9	54.2	56.3	60.7	62.6	60.2	45.2*
TW	3.3	3.6	4.1	3.1	4.1	4.9	5.0	5.7	4.0	4.7	5.8	5.2
LAL	5.3	6.1	6.6	5.0	6.8	8.1	9.0	8.1	7.1	8.2	8.6	8.5
CL	6.4	7.7	7.9	6.1	8.7	10.2	10.9	10.0	9.2	10.0	11.4	10.8
AGL	15.5	18.0	18.6	13.5	20.3	19.3	22.8	21.3	18.5	18.4	23.6	21.1
BH	4.8	5.6	5.1	4.6	6.7	5.9	5.8	6.6	5.5	6.5	7.7	5.7
BW	6.1	8.8	9.2	5.9	10.5	8.8	10.8	9.2	8.2	8.1	10.9	9.3
HL	9.9	10.6	11.1	9.6	11.6	13.6	15.4	14.8	12.8	12.7	15.2	14.1
HW	6.7	7.5	8.0	6.5	8.2	9.9	10.8	10.5	8.9	9.3	11.2	10.0
HD	4.0	4.5	5.2	3.9	5.2	6.1	6.9	6.5	5.4	5.9	6.5	6.6
ED	1.9	2.1	2.2	1.9	2.5	2.8	3.2	3.2	2.7	2.9	3.4	2.7
EE	3.4	3.5	4.4	3.2	4.4	4.0	4.7	4.8	4	3.9	5.1	4.5
ES	4.6	4.8	5.2	4.4	5.6	6.6	7.7	7.1	6.4	6.4	6.9	6.7
EN	3.3	3.9	3.9	3.2	4.2	5.1	6.1	5.4	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.1
IN	1.5	1.8	2.1	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.6
IO	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.8	2.0	2.4	2.5	2.6
EL	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.7	1.2	1.2	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.7	1.1	1.3
						Holotype			Paratypes
Specimen No.	CES L692	CES L693	CES L700	CES L802	CES L864	NCBS- BH699	NCBS- BH700	NCBS- BH701	NCBS- BH702	BNHS 2545	BNHS 2546	BNHS 2547
SL L&R	7&6	6&6	6&6	7&6	7&6	6&6	6&6	7&6	7&6	8&8	7&7	8&8
IL L&R	6&7	6&6	6&7	7&6	7&7	9&8	8&8	9&8	8&9	7&7	7&9	7&8
SL M L&R	5&5	5&5	5&5	6&5	5&5	6&6	6&6	5&5	6&6	6&6	6&6	6&6
IL M L&R	5&5	5&5	5&6	5&5	5&6	6&6	6&6	5&5	6&7	5&5	6&6	6&6
MVSR	24	25	23	22	20	24	26	24	24	26	26	24
VS	121	123	122	119	121	143	160	145	133	141	146	134
LamF1 L&R	12&12	11&11	12&12	12&12	12&12	16&17	17&17	15&15	16&17	17&16	17&16	16&16
LamF4 L&R	21&21	20&20	21&21	22&21	20&20	25&25	24&25	22&22	22&22	25&24	24&25	24&24
LamT1 L&R	10&10	11&10	11&11	11&11	10&11	15&15	16&16	14&14	16&16	16&16	14&15	15&15
LamT4 L&R	25&25	25&24	24&24	24&25	24&25	26&26	27&28	24&24	27&27	27&28	27&27	27&27
LamT5 L&R	22&22	22&21	20&20	20&20	19&21	23&23	25&25	21&22	23&22	23&23	21&23	25&27
FP L&R	5&5	Absent	Absent	6&5	Absent	7&7	Absent	7&7	6&6	6&*	5*&6	Absent
SBFP	16	Absent	Absent	18	Absent	16	Absent	16	15	/	15	Absent
Number of postcloa- cal tubercles L&R	1&1 (indistinct)	1&1 (indistinct)	1&1 (indistinct)	1&1 (indistinct)	0&1 (indistinct)	Absent	1&1 (indistinct)	1&0 (indistinct)	Absent	1&1 (indistinct)	1&1 (indistinct)	Absent
Anterior extra-brillar fringe scales enlarged (1) or not enlarged (0)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ventral scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
						Holotype			Paratypes
Specimen No.	CES L692	CES L693	CES L700	CES L802	CES L864	NCBS- BH699	NCBS- BH700	NCBS- BH701	NCBS- BH702	BNHS 2545	BNHS 2546	BNHS 2547
Gular scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pectoral scales keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
femoral pores elon- gate (1) or round (0)	1	Absent	Absent	1	Absent	1	Absent	1	1	1	1	Absent
Dorsal pholidosis homogeneous (1) or heterogeneous (0)	0	0	0	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	1	1	1	1
Tubercles linearly arranged (1) or more random (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spine-like scales on flank present (1) or absent (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tubercles on lower flanks present (1) or absent (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorsal pholidosis on tail homogeneous (1) or heterogeneous (0))	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
						Holotype			Paratypes
Specimen No.	CES L692	CES L693	CES L700	CES L802	CES L864	NCBS- BH699	NCBS- BH700	NCBS- BH701	NCBS- BH702	BNHS 2545	BNHS 2546	BNHS 2547
Enlarged tubercles on tail present (1) or absent (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sub-caudals keeled (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Single median row of keeled sub-caudals (1) or smooth (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enlarged median sub-caudal scale row (1) or not (0)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Enlarged femoral scales present (1) or absent (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0