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| Cnemaspis sundara Sayyed, Kirubankaran, Khot, Harsan, Adhikari, A. Sayyed, M. Sayyed, Fazil, Jerith, Deshpande, Purkayastha & Sulakhe, 2023 |
Abstract
We describe two new species of Cnemaspis from Alagarkovil, Madurai District and Mekkarai, Shenkottai, Tenkasi, southern India, based on molecular and morphological data. The new species differ from their congeners by genetic divergences of 4.8–16.1% and 14.8–31.6% for the ND2 mitochondrial gene. Two new species belong to the Cnemaspis gracilis and Cnemaspis beddomei clades, respectively. Molecular data for the newly described Cnemaspis aaronbaueri from its type locality is also presented, and its phylogenetic position is established.
Keywords: Reptilia, Cnemaspis gracilis clade, Cnemaspis beddomei clade, phylogeny, systematics, taxonomy, ND2, 16S
Amit Sayyed, Samson Kirubankaran, Rahul Khot, Shiva Harsan, Omkar Adhikari,, Ayaan Sayyed, Masum Sayyed, Ahamed Fazil, Ahamed Jerith, Shubhankar Deshpande, Jayaditya Purkayastha and Shauri Sulakhe. 2023. Two New Species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern India. Zootaxa. 5374(3); 301-332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.3.1
Introducing Cnemaspis triedra from the gracilis clade and Cnemaspis sundara from the beddomei clade
