Cnemaspis kotagamai

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Cnemaspis kotagamai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. kotagamai
Binomial name
Cnemaspis kotagamai
Karunarathna, de Silva, Botejue, Surasinghe, Wickramasinghe, Ukuwela & Bauer, 2019

Cnemaspis kotagamai, or Kotagama's day gecko, is a species of diurnal gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka, described in 2019 from Ratnapura. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name kotagamai is named in honor of ornithologist Sarath Kotagama. [2]

Taxonomy

The species is closely related to C. ingerorum and C. kallima morphological aspects. [2] [3]

Ecology

The species was discovered from a granite cave in Bambaragala forest, Pallebedda, Ratnapura. [2]

Description

Snout-to-vent length is 29.8 mm in adult male. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Cnemaspis kotagamai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Cnemaspis kotagamai, C. dissanayakai & C. kawminiae • Three New Species of Day Geckos (Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from Isolated Granite Cave Habitats in Sri Lanka". Zootaxa. January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 Karunarathna S; de Silva A; et al. (2019). "Three new species of day geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from isolated granite cave habitats in Sri Lanka" (PDF). Journal of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation. 13 (2): 323–354.
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