| a new large-bodied, rupicolous cnemaspis strauch, 1887 (squamata: gekkonidae) allied to cnemaspis heteropholis bauer, 2002 from the central western ghats of karnataka, india. | we describe a new large-bodied, rupicolous cnemaspis from near sakleshpur in the central western ghats of karnataka, india. cnemaspis magnifica sp. nov. is allied to c. heteropholis and can be diagnosed from all other indian cnemaspis by the absence of spine-like scales on flank; heterogeneous dorsal pholidosis, presence of only femoral pores in males, homogenous dorsal pholidosis of tail with small, smooth, regularly arranged, flattened, subimbricate scales, without whorls of enlarged tubercles ... | 2020 | 33056671 |