Cnemaspis sisparensis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: C. sisparensis
Name

Cnemaspis sisparensis Theobald, 1876

Type locality: Sholakal, near the bottom of the Sispara Ghat, Nilghiri Hills.

Holotype: BMNH 74.4.29.383
Synonyms

Gymnodactylus maculatus Beddome, 1870 (non G. maculatus Steindachner 1867)
Gymnodactylus sisparensis Theobald, 1876: 86 (nomen novum)
Gonatodes sisparensis Boulenger, 1885: 66
Gonatodes bireticulatus Annandale, 1915: 344

References

Theobald, 1876. Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.
Cnemaspis sisparensis at the New Reptile Database

Distribution

India (Nilghiri Hills)

Vernacular names
English: Sispara Day Gecko

The Sispara day gecko (Cnemaspis sisparensis) is a species of gecko found in the Nilgiri Hills of India.
Description

It is closely allied to Cnemaspis wynadensis, but the digits much more elongate. Three femoral pores are found on each side. The dorsal tubercles are homogeneous. In color, it is brown, with regular, transverse, dark bands across the body and tail.[2]

From snout to vent, it grows to 2.4 in.

Its type locality is Sholakal, near the bottom of the Sispara Ghat, Nilgiri Hills.
References

Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. Cnemaspis sisparensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172603A1350155. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172603A1350155.en. Downloaded on 4 January 2018.

Boulenger, G. A. (1890). Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

Annandale, N. (1915). Herpetological notes and descriptions. Records of the Indian Museum, 11:341-347
Beddome, R.H. (1870). Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 2:169-176 [Reprint.: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 327–334, 1940]
Boulenger, G.A. (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
Theobald, W. (1876). Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.