#cnemaspis

Curse Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis leucura), family Gekkonidae, Sarawak, Borneo

As 2019 ends, reptile-rich Sri Lanka delivers three more new gecko species

The first gecko, Cnemaspis kotagamai, or Kotagama’s day gecko, sports five distinct and irregular brown blotches on its back. The researchers consider it rather a rare species. In the isolated forested hill known as Bambaragala in the species-rich Ratnapura district, Sabaragamuwa province, where it was discovered, the team was able to record only five geckos.

C.kotagamai was named in recognition of the contributions to science made by conservationist and ornithologist Sarath Wimalabandara Kotagama, an emeritus professor at the University of Colombo and technical adviser to Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife Conservation....

For Karunarathna, who counts nearly two decades as a researcher, the new discoveries afforded a unique opportunity: to honor his parents for their support and encouragement throughout his career. Hence C. dissanayakai, or Dissanayaka’s day gecko, is named after his father, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Karunarathna.

“My father was one huge source of inspiration. He did everything possible to ensure that I achieved my dreams. I would not have been able to pursue my interest in wildlife research and conservation without him,” Karunarathna said.

This diminutive gecko is dull brown in color, and resembles the known species C. kumarasinghei and C. latha. Also range-restricted and considered critically endangered, it was discovered in an isolated hill forest in Dimbulagala in Polonnaruwa district, North Central province, where tropical dry-mixed evergreen forests abound.

Royal Day Gecko (Cnemaspis regalis), family Gekkonidae, Western Ghats, India

Descubren una nueva especie de reptil gekkonidos en la provincia de Nakhon Si Thammarat en Tailandia

Muchas veces se cree que la mayor parte del mundo ha sido explorado, por lo cual sería muy difícil describir una especie nueva para la ciencia; sin embargo, nuestro planeta es aun en su mayor parte desconocido. Un cumulo de ricas formas de vida, muchas de las cuales aún son desconocidas, como es el caso de una nueva especie de gecko que habita en las rocas Cnemaspis en la provincia de Nakhon Si…

Psychedelic Rock Gecko - Cnemaspis psychedelica

Cnemaspis psychedelica (Gekkonidae) is a colorful species of gecko endemic to Hon Khoai Island in southern Vietnam, just described in 2010. 

The Psychedelic Rock Gecko is the most uniquely colored of all southeast Asian Cnemaspis in that both sexes and all age classes have bright orange forelimbs, forelegs, hands and feet; a bright orange tail; a dense, yellow reticulum on the neck overlying thick, black, longitudinal lines; and a blue-gray to light purple trunk bearing yellow transverse bars on bright-orange flanks.

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