Cnemaspis

Cnemaspis is a genus of diurnal geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is native to Asia. With over 100 species, it is one of the most diverse genera of geckos. Molecular phylogenies suggest that the two regional groupings may form distinct clades which are not each other's closest relatives.

Description

in the genus Cnemaspis have slender, clawed digits which are cylindrical or depressed at the base ; the distal phalanges are compressed, forming an angle with the basal portion of the digits, the lower surface of which has a row of plates. Their bodies are more or less depressed, granular or tubercular above. The tail is not compressed. The pupil is circular, and the eyelid is distinct all round the eye. Males may or may not have pre-anal or femoral pores.

Species

The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka group

C. aaronbaueri Sayyed, Grismer, Campbell & Dileepkumar, 2019
C. adii C. Srinivasulu, Kumar & B. Srinivasulu, 2015 – Adi's day gecko
C. agarwali Khandekar, 2019 – Agarwal's dwarf gecko
C. agayagangai Agarwal, Thackeray, & Khandekar, 2022 – Agaya Gangai dwarf gecko
C. ajijae Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018 – Ajija's day gecko
C. alwisi Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007 – Alwis's day gecko
C. amba Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2019 – Amba dwarf gecko
C. amboliensis Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018 – Amboli day gecko
C. amith Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 – Amith's day gecko
C. anamudiensis Cyriac, Johny, Umesh & Palot, 2018
C. anandani Murthy, Nitesh, Sengupta & Deepak, 2019 – Anandan's day gecko
C. andersonii
C. anslemi Karunarathna & Ukuwela, 2019
C. assamensis Das & Sengupta, 2000 – Assam day gecko
C. australis Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 – southern day gecko
C. avasabinae Agarwal, Bauer & Khandekar, 2020 – Sabin's Nellore dwarf gecko
C. azhagu Khandekar, Thackeray, & Agarwal, 2022
C. balerion Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. bangara Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal, & Khandekar, 2020
C. beddomei – Beddome's day gecko
C. boiei – Boie's day gecko
C. butewai Karunarathna et al., 2019 – Butewe's day gecko
C. cavernicola Khandekar, Thackeray, Kalaimani & Agarwal, 2023
C. chengodumalaensis Cyriac, Palot, Deuti & Umesh, 2020
C. dissanayakai Karunarathna et al., 2019 – Dissanayaka's day gecko
C. fantastica Agarwal, Thackeray, & Khandekar, 2022 – fantastic dwarf gecko
C. flavigularis Pal, Mirza, Dsouza, & Shanker, 2021
C. flaviventralis Sayyed, Pyron & Dahanukar, 2016 – yellow-bellied day gecko
C. galaxia Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. ganeshaiahi Narayanan, Pal, Grismer, &Aravind, 2023 – Ganeshaiah's dwarf gecko
C. gemunu de Silva, Greenbaum & Jackman, 2007
C. girii Mirza, Pal, Bhosale & Sanap, 2014 – Giri's day gecko
C. goaensis Sharma, 1976 – Goan day gecko
C. godagedarai de Silva, Bauer, Botejue & Karunarathna, 2019 – Godagedara's day gecko
C. gotaimbarai Karunarathna et al., 2019 – Gotaimbara's day gecko
C. gracilis – graceful day gecko
C. graniticola Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar, 2020 – granite dwarf gecko
C. gunasekarai Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Madawala & de Silva, 2021
C. gunawardanai Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Madawala & de Silva, 2021
C. heteropholis Bauer, 2002 – Gund day gecko, different-scaled day gecko
C. hitihamii Karunarathna et al., 2019 – Hitihami's day gecko
C. indica Gray, 1846 – Indian day gecko, Nilgiri dwarf gecko
C. ingerorum Batuwita, Agarwal & Bauer, 2019
C. jackieii Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. jayaweerai Karunarathna, Ukuwela, De Silva, Bauer, Madawala, Poyarkov, Botejue, Gabadage, Grismer, & Gorin, 2023
C. jerdonii – Jerdon's day gecko
C. kalakadensis Khandekar, Thackeray, & Agarwal, 2022
C. kallima Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007
C. kandambyi Batuwita & Udugampala, 2017
C. kandiana, Kandyan day gecko
C. kawminiae Karunarathna et al., 2019 – Kawmini's day gecko
C. kivulegedarai Karunarathna et al., 2019 – Kivulegedara's day gecko
C. kohukumburai Karunarathna et al., 2019 – Kohukumbura's day gecko
C. kolhapurensis Giri, Bauer & Gaikwad, 2009 – Kolhapur day gecko
C. kotagamai Karunarathna et al., 2019) – Kotagama's day gecko
C. kottiyoorensis Cyriac & Umesh, 2014 – Kottiyoor day gecko
C. koynaensis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2019 – Koyna dwarf gecko
C. krishnagiriensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2021 – Krishnagiri dwarf gecko
C. kumarasinghei Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007 – Kumarasinghe's day gecko
C. latha Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 – Latha's day gecko
C. limayei Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018 – Limaye's day gecko
C. lithophilis Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. littoralis – coastal day gecko
C. lokugei Karunarathna et al., 2021 – Lokuge's day gecko
C. maculicollis Cyriac, Johny, Umesh & Palot, 2018
C. magnifica Khandekar, Thackeray, Pal & Agarwal, 2020 – Magnificent dwarf gecko
C. mahabali Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018 – Mahabal's day gecko
C. manoae Amarasinghe & Karunarathna, 2020 – Mano's day gecko
C. menikay Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007
C. molligodai Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007 – Molligoda's day gecko
C. monticola Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007
C. mundanthuraiensis Khandekar, Thackeray, & Agarwal, 2022
C. mysoriensis – Mysore day gecko
C. nairi Inger, Marx & Koshy, 1984 – Ponmudi day gecko
C. nandimithrai Karunarathna et al., 2019 – Nandimithra's day gecko
C. nanayakkarai Karunarathna, Ukuwela, De Silva, Bauer, Madawala, Poyarkov, Botejue, Gabadage, Grismer, & Gorin, 2023
C. nicobaricus Chandramouli, 2020
C. nigriventris Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. nilagirica Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 – Nilgiri day gecko
C. nilgala Karunarathna, Bauer, de Silva, Surasinghe, Somaratna, Madawala, Gabadage, Botejue, Henkanaththegedara & Ukuwela, 2019 – Nilgala day gecko
C. nimbus Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. ornata – ornate day gecko
C. pachaimalaiensis Agarwal, Thackeray, & Khandekar, 2022 – Pachaimalai dwarf gecko
C. palakkadensis Sayyed, Cyriac & Dileepkumar, 2020 – Palakkad dwarf gecko
C. palanica Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. pava Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007
C. phillipsi Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 – Phillip's day gecko
C. podihuna Deraniyagala, 1944 – Deraniyagala's gecko
C. pulchra Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007
C. punctata Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007
C. rajakarunai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Rathnayake, 2016
C. rajgadensis Sayyed, Cyriac, Pardeshi & Sulakhe, 2021
C. ranganaensis Sayyed & Sulakhe, 2020 – Rangana dwarf gecko
C. regalis Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. rashidi Sayyed et al, 2023
C. retigalensis Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007 – Retigala day gecko
C. rishivalleyensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2020 – Rishi Valley dwarf gecko
C. rubraoculus Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. rudhira Agarwal, Thackeray, & Khandekar, 2022 – scarlet dwarf gecko
C. sakleshpurensis Khandekar, Thackeray, & Agarwal, 2022
C. salimalii Agarwal, Thackeray, & Khandekar, 2022 – Salim Ali's dwarf gecko
C. samanalensis Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007 – Samanala day gecko
' Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2024
C. scalpensis – Ferguson's day gecko
C. schalleri Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2021 – Schaller's Sakleshpur dwarf gecko
C. shevaroyensis Khandekar, Gaitonde & Agarwal, 2019 – Shevaroy dwarf gecko
C. silvula Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 – forest day gecko
C. sisparensis – Sispara day gecko or Theobald's gecko
C. smaug Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
C. stellapulvis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2020 – stardust dwarf gecko
' Sayyed et al., 2023
C. tanintharyi Lee, Miller, Zug, & Mulcahy, 2019 – Tanintharyi rock gecko
C. thackerayi Khandekar, Gaitonde, & Agarwal, 2019 – Thackeray's dwarf gecko
C. thayawthadangyi Lee, Miller, Zug & Mulcahy, 2019 – Thayawthadangyi Islands rock gecko
C. tigris Khandekar, Thackeray, & Agarwal, 2022
' Sayyed et al., 2023
C. tropidogaster – rough-bellied day gecko or marked-belly gecko
C. umashaankeri Narayanan & Aravind, 2022
C. upendrai Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 – Upendra's day gecko
C. uttaraghati Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2021
C. vijayae Khandekar, Thackeray, & Agarwal, 2022
C. wallaceii Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker, 2021
' Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2024
C. wicksi
C. wynadensis – Wynad day gecko
C. yelagiriensis Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar, 2020 – Yelagiri dwarf gecko
C. yercaudensis Das & Bauer, 2000 – Yercaud day gecko
C. zacharyi Cyriac, Palot, Deuti & Umesh, 2020