Cnemaspis kandiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:

Cnemaspis kandiana (Kelaart, 1852)

Lectotype: BMNH 53.4.1.1., adult ♀. [designated by Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda (2007: 47)]
Type locality: “Kandian hills, Ceylon”.
Paralectotypes (n=5): BMNH 80.2.2.119, 2♂ and 3♀.

Kelaart, E.F. 1852. Prodromus faunae zeylanicae; being contributions to the zoology of Ceylon. Ceylon. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.123402 BHL. Mammalia BHL; Aves BHL; Reptilia BHL; Amphibia BHL. Reference page.
Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Batuwita, S. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. A taxonomic revision of the Sri Lankan day-geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis), with description of new species from Sri Lanka and southern India. Zeylanica 7(1): 9–122. Reference page.

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Samarawickrama, P., Vidanapathirana, D., Botejue, M., Karunarathna, S., Amarasinghe, A., Samarasinghe, D., Gabadage, D. & Madawala, M. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis kandiana (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178710A1542737. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178710A1542737.en. Accessed on 16 June 2025.