Cnemaspis littoralis

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 littoralis (Jerdon, 1853)

Holotype: Unknown. [lost]
Neotype: ZSI/WGRC/IR/V/2377, adult ♂, collected by P.K. Umesh on 6 February 2012. [designated by Cyriac & Umesh (2013: 38)]
Type locality: “Sea Coast in Malabar”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Chaliyam coast, 13 km from Calicut City, Kozhikode District, Kerala, India (11.16095 N, 75.80838 E)” by Cyriac & Umesh (2013: 38).

Gymnodactylus planiceps Beddome, 1871: 403 [synonymised by Günther (1875: 226)]
- Syntypes (n=9): BMNH 1874.4.29.384-392.
- Type locality: “in the dry Teak forests near Nellicootah below the Nilgiris (on the western side)”.

Jerdon, T.C. 1853. Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 1. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal xxii: 462–479. BHL
Beddome, R.H. 1871. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 4: 401–404. Reference page.
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1875. Second report on collections of Indian reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 224–234. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Gekkonidae, Eublapheridae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 436 pp., 32 pls. BHL Reference page.
Cyriac, V.P. & Umesh, P.K. 2013. Current status of Cnemaspis littoralis (Jerdon, 1853) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) with designation of a neotype. Taprobanica 5(1): 36–43. DOI: 10.4038/tapro.v5i1.5660 Reference page.

Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. IUCN: Cnemaspis littoralis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172597A1348986. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172597A1348986.en. Accessed on 15 July 2025.