Cnemaspis dissanayakai

Cnemaspis dissanayakai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cnemaspis
Species:	C. dissanayakai
Binomial name
	Cnemaspis dissanayakai; Karunarathna, Silva, Bauer & Botejue, 2019

Cnemaspis dissanayakai, or Dissanayaka's day gecko, is a species of diurnal gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka, described in 2019 from Polonnaruwa.[1]

Etymology

The specific name dissanayakai is named in honor of Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Karunarathna, who is the father of Suranjan Karunarathna, first author. His father supported the research team financially as well as encourage them including his son.[1]

Taxonomy

The species is closely related to C. kumarasinghei and C. latha morphological aspects.[1][2]

Ecology

The species was discovered from a tropical dry-mixed evergreen forest in Dimbulagala, Polonnaruwa.[1]

Description

Snout to vent length is 28.2 mm in adult male and 29.4 mm in adult female. Granular scales subconical. Chin, gular, pectoral, and abdominal scales are smooth. There are 105–107 paravertebral granules. Two precloacal pore present. In males, 4–5 femoral pores present. Median row with an irregular diamond-shaped small scales series. Head small with long snout. Small eyes with round pupils. Dorsum of head, body and limbs generally dull brown. There are five ‘W’-shaped dark brown markings on the trunk. An oblique black line between eye and nostrils. Two straight dark brown postorbital stripes runs through eye to postero-ventrally. Tail dorsally grey pinkish with 5-7 faded black cross-bands.[2]

References

"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.
"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. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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[kotagama-1] "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.

[newsp-2] "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. Retrieved 2 January 2020.