| the re-discovery of live populations of <i>cnemaspis</i> <i>tropidogaster</i> (boulenger, 1885) (sauria, gekkonidae) from sri lanka after 120 years. | gonatodes kandianus var. tropidogaster was described by boulenger (1885) with only "ceylon" (=sri lanka) as its locality. this taxon was later assigned to the genus cnemaspis and then recorded from many different parts of the country. misleading taxonomic publications and muddled nomenclatural issues has since rendered its taxonomic position unclear. recent studies have revealed, however, that c. tropidogaster is a species complex, and the species and its types have been redescribed. unfortunate ... | 2016 | 27988632 |
| rediscovery of cnemaspis nilagirica manamendra-arachchi, batuwita and pethiyagoda, 2007 (squamata: gekkonidae) from kerala, india with notes on morphology and distribution. | cnemaspis nilagirica was described by manamendra-arachchi, batuwita and pethiyagoda in 2007 based on a single female specimen that was a syntype of gonatodes kandianus var. tropidogaster described by boulenger in 1885. however, a living population of this species has not been reported since its original description by boulenger. based on fresh material and comparisons with the holotype of c. nilagirica, we here report the collection of this species after over 130 years. we provide the first desc ... | 2019 | 31716143 |
| the discovery of rock geckos cnemaspis strauch, 1887 (squamata: gekkonidae) in the tanintharyi region, myanmar with the description of two new species. | we report the first occurrence of the asian rock gecko genus cnemaspis strauch, 1887 from mainland myanmar based on a series of specimens recently collected from the tanintharyi region. these records come from several localities in the tanintharyi region and fill a significant sampling gap for the genus. molecular phylogenetic analyses using the mitochondrial gene nd2 identify two distinct clades, the first includes cnemaspis siamensis of the southeast asian cnemaspis group and the second includ ... | 2019 | 31716716 |