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Cnemaspis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Sauria
Infraordo: Gekkota
Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: C. affinis - C. africana - C. alantika - C. alwisi - C. anaikattiensis - C. argus - C. assamensis - C. aurantiacopes - C. barbouri - C. baueri - C. bayuensis - C. beddomei - C. biocellata - C. boiei - C. boulengerii - C. caudanivea - C. chanardi - C. chanthaburiensis - C. dezwaani - C. dickersoni - C. dilepis - C. dringi - C. flavigaster - C. flavolineata - C. gemunu - C. gigas - C. goaensis - C. harimau - C. heteropholis - C. huaseesom - C. indica - C. indraneildasii - C. jacobsoni - C. jerdonii - C. kamolnorranathi - C. kandiana - C. karsticola - C. kendallii - C. koehleri - C. kolhapurensis - C. kumarasinghei - C. kumpoli - C. laoensis - C. limi - C. littoralis - C. mcguirei - C. modiglianii - C. molligodai - C. monachorum - C. nairi - C. narathiwatensis - C. neangthyi - C. nigridius - C. niyomwanae - C. nuicamensis - C. occidentalis - C. ornata - C. otai - C. paripari - C. pemanggilensis - C. petrodroma - C. phuketensis - C. podihuna - C. pseudomcguirei - C. psychedelica - C. pulchra - C. punctata - C. punctatonuchalis - C. quattuorseriata - C. ranwellai - C. retigalensis - C. roticanai - C. samanalensis - C. scalpensis - C. shahruli - C. siamensis - C. sisparensis - C. spinicollis - C. timoriensis - C. tropidogaster - C. tucdupensis - C. uzungwae - C. vandeventeri - C. whittenorum - C. wicksi - C. wynadensis - C. yercaudensis

Name

* Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887


References

* Giri, V.B.; Bauer, A.M.; Gaikwad, K.S. 2009: A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 2164: 49-60. Abstract & excerpt
* Grismer, J.L.; Grismer, L.L.; Chav, T. 2010: New species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southwestern Cambodia. Journal of herpetology, 44: 28-36. doi: 10.1670/08-211.1
* Grismer, L.L. 2010: The first record of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Laos with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2475: 55–63. Preview
* Grismer, L.L. et al. 2010: Another new, diminutive Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch) from Peninsular Malaysia and a discussion of resource partitioning in sympatric species pairs. Zootaxa, 2569: 55–66. Preview
* Grismer, L.L. et al. 2010: A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa, 2576: 1–55. Preview
* Grismer, L.L.; Onn, C.K. 2009: A new species of karst dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Sarawak, Borneo. Zootaxa, 2246: 21-31. Abstract & excerpt
* Grismer, L.L.; Onn, C.K. 2010: Another new rock gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2419: 51–62. Preview
* Grismer, L.L.; Tri, N., van; Grismer, J.L. 2010: A colorful new species of insular rock gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2352: 46–58. Preview
* Onn, C.K. et al. 2010: A new endemic rock gecko Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gunung Jerai, Kedah, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2576: 59–68. Preview


links

* Cnemaspis at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names
English: Rock & day Geckos

Cnemaspis is a genus of diurnal gecko found in Asia. With around 75 species it is one of the most diverse genera of geckos or even lizards.
Description

Members in this genus have slender clawed digits which are cylindrical or depressed at the base (rarely dilated); the distal phalanges are compressed, forming an angle with the basal portion of the digits, the lower surface of which has a row of plates. Body more or less depressed, granular or tubercular above. Tail not compressed. Pupil circular; eyelid distinct all round the eye. Males with or without pre-anal or femoral pores.[1]
Classification of genus Cnemaspis

Cnemaspis barbouri
Cnemaspis baueri
Cnemaspis dickersoni, Dickerson's Gecko
Cnemaspis dilepis, Two-scaled Gecko
Cnemaspis dringi
Cnemaspis flavolineata, Yellow-Striped Rock Gecko
Cnemaspis gordongekkoi
Cnemaspis kendallii, Kendall's Gecko
Cnemaspis koehleri, Koehler's Gecko
Cnemaspis kumarasinghei
Cnemaspis modiglianii
Cnemaspis molligodai
Cnemaspis neangthyi
Cnemaspis occidentalis, Western Gecko
Cnemaspis quattuorseriata, Sternfeld's Gecko
Cnemaspis retigalensis
Cnemaspis samanalensis
Cnemaspis scalpensis, Jerdon’s Day Gecko

the Africa group

Cnemaspis africana, African Gecko, Tanzania
Cnemaspis alantika, Mt.Alantika Day Gecko, Cameroon
Cnemaspis gigas, Perret's Nigeria Gecko
Cnemaspis petrodroma , Nigeria Crag Gecko
Cnemaspis spinicollis Müller, 1907, Cameroon Collared Gecko
Cnemaspis uzungwae, Tanzania Gecko

the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka group

Cnemaspis alwisi Mendis Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007[2]
Cnemaspis anaikattiensis Mukherjee, Bhupathy & Nixon, 2005 [3]
Cnemaspis assamensis
Cnemaspis beddomei, Beddome's Gecko
Cnemaspis boiei, Boie's Gecko
Cnemaspis goaensis, Goan Day Gecko
Cnemaspis heteropholis
Cnemaspis indica, Nilgiri Hills Gecko
Cnemaspis indraneildasii
Cnemaspis jerdonii, Jerdon's Indian Gecko
Cnemaspis jerdonii jerdonii
Cnemaspis jerdonii scalpensis
Cnemaspis kandiana (Kelaart, 1852), Kandyan Day Gecko, (Endemic to Sri Lanka.[4])
Cnemaspis kolhapurensis[5]
Cnemaspis littoralis, Coastal Day Gecko
Cnemaspis nairi, Ponmudi Day Gecko
Cnemaspis ornata, Ornate Day Gecko
Cnemaspis otai
Cnemaspis podihuna, Deraniyagala's Gecko
Cnemaspis ranwellai, Ranwella's Day Gecko
Cnemaspis sisparensis Theobald, 1876, Theobald's Gecko
Cnemaspis tropidogaster Boulenger, 1885, Marked Belly Gecko
Cnemaspis wynadensis, Wynad Day Gecko
Cnemaspis yercaudensis

the Sundaland group

Cnemaspis affinis, Stoliczka's Gecko
Cnemaspis argus Dring, 1979,[6] Dring's Gecko
Cnemaspis aurantiacopes Grismer & Ngo, 2007[7]
Cnemaspis baueri Das & Grismer 2003, Johor, West Malaysia.
Cnemaspis bayuensis Grismer , Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008
Cnemaspis biocellata Grismer, Chan, Nurolhuda & Sumontha 2008,[8] Malaysia, Southern Thailand
Cnemaspis boulengeri Strauch 1887, Vietnam
Cnemaspis chanardi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[9]
Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis Bauer & Das 1998, Chanthaburi Rock Gecko - Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, Chanthaburi Province, Khao Khiew Wildlife Sanctuary, Chon Buri Province, Thailand; Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
Cnemaspis caudanivea Grismer & Ngo, 2007[10]
Cnemaspis dringi Das & Bauer 1998 Sarawak, East Malaysia, Borneo
Cnemaspis dezwaani Das 2005[11]
Cnemaspis flavigaster Chan & Grismer 2008 Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia
Cnemaspis flavolineata (Nicholls, 1949)
Cnemaspis huaseesom Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[12]
Cnemaspis jacobsoni Das 2005[13]
Cnemaspis kamolnorranathi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[14]
Cnemaspis karsticola Grismer , Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008
Cnemaspis kendallii (Gray, 1845) Malaysia, Borneo, Pahang, West Malaysia; Riao Archipelago, Indonesia; Bukit Timah, Singapore
Cnemaspis kumpoli Taylor 1963 Thailand, Malaysia peninsular
Cnemaspis limi Das & Grismer 2003 Pahang, West Malaysia
Cnemaspis mcguirei Grismer , Grismer, Wood & Chan 2008, McGuire's Rock Gecko, Bukit Larut, Perak, Malaysia
Cnemaspis modiglianii Das 2005[15]
Cnemaspis narathiwatenisis Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[16]
Cnemaspis nigridia (Smith, 1925) Borneo Black Gecko, Sarawak, East Malaysia Borneo
Cnemaspis niyomwanae Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[17]
Cnemaspis nuicamensis Grismer & Ngo, 2007[18]
Cnemaspis pemanggilensis Grismer & Das 2006 Johor, West Malaysia
Cnemaspis phuketensis Das & Leon, 2004,[19] Phuket Day Gecko
Cnemaspis punctatonuchalis Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[20]
Cnemaspis roticanai Grismer & Onn, 2010[21]
Cnemaspis siamensis (Smith, 1925) Siamese Gecko, peninsular Thailand
Cnemaspis tucdupensis Grismer & Ngo, 2007[22]
Cnemaspis timoriensis Duméril & Bibron 1836,[23] Timor Gecko
Cnemaspis vandeventeri Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010[24]
Cnemaspis whittenorum Das 2005[25]

References

^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia. (Referring to Gonatodes)
^ Mendis Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007. Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 1490: 1-63.
^ Mukherjee, D., S Bhupathy, A. M. A. Nixon (2005) A new species of day gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis) from the Anaikatti Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India Current Science. 89(8). [1]
^ Indraneil Das (2005) Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Herpetology 39(2):233–247 [2]
^ Giri, Varad B.; Aaron M. Bauer & Kshamata S. Gaikwad (21 July 2009). "A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India" (PDF). Zootaxa (Magnolia Press) 2164: 49–60. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
^ Dring, 1979. Amphibians and reptiles from northern Trengganu, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new geckos: Cnemaspis and Cyrtodactylus. Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 34 (5): 181-241.
^ Grismer, L. L. and Ngo, V. T. (2007). Four new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Southern Vietnam. Herpetologica 63 (4): 482-500. [3]
^ Grismer, L.L., Onn, C.K., Nasir, N. and Sumontha, M. 2008. A new species of karst dwelling gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from the border region of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 1875: 51-68. [4]
^ Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55.
^ Grismer, L. L. and Ngo, V. T. (2007). Four new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Southern Vietnam. Herpetologica 63 (4): 482-500. [5]
^ Das, I. (2005) Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Herpetology 39(2):233–247 [6]
^ Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55.
^ Das, I. (2005) Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Herpetology 39(2):233–247 [7]
^ Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55.
^ Das, I. (2005) Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Herpetology 39(2):233–247 [8]
^ Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55.
^ Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55.
^ Grismer, L. L. and Ngo, V. T. (2007). Four new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Southern Vietnam. Herpetologica 63 (4): 482-500. [9]
^ Das and Leon (2004). A new species of Cnemaspis(Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Southern Thailand. Current Herpetology. 23 (2):63-71.
^ Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55.
^ Grismer, L. L. and Onn, C. K. (2010). Another new Rock Gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2419: 51-62. [10]
^ Grismer, L. L. and Ngo, V. T. (2007). Four new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Southern Vietnam. Herpetologica 63 (4): 482-500. [11]
^ Duméril and Bibron (1836). Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.3. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp.
^ Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55.
^ Das, I. (2005) Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Herpetology 39(2):233–247 [12]

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