Cnemaspis bangara

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Cnemaspis bangara
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. bangara
Binomial name
Cnemaspis bangara
Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal, & Khandekar, 2020

Cnemaspis bangara is a species of diurnal, rock-dwelling, insectivorous gecko endemic to India. It is distributed in Karnataka. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Agarwal, Ishan; Thackeray, Tejas; Pal, Saunak; Khandekar, Akshay (November 2020). "Granite boulders act as deep‐time climate refugia: A Miocene divergent clade of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mysore Plateau, India, with descriptions of three new species". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 58 (4): 1234–1261. doi:10.1111/jzs.12391. ISSN   0947-5745.
  2. Agarwal, Ishan; Thackeray, Tejas; Khandekar, Akshay (2021-05-11). "A new medium-sized rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. bangara clade from granite boulder habitats in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India". Zootaxa. 4969 (2): 351366. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4969.2.7. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   34186925.