v9i1.223

Submitted date: 15 March 2020
Accepted date: 05 May 2020
Published date: 21 May 2020
Pp. 71–82, pls. 25–29.

A NEW DIMINUTIVE DAY GECKO SPECIES OF THE GENUS Cnemaspis STRAUCH, 1887 (REPTILIA : GEKKONIDAE) FROM PILIKUTTUWA, NEAR THE CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA

A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe* & Suranjan Karunarathna
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun@rccc.ui.ac.id

Abstract
We investigated diminutive day geckos of the genus Cnemaspis in Sri Lanka, and based on morphological evidence, a new species belonging to the C. podihuna complex is described herein. The new species occurs in lowland wetzone (alt. 50 m a.s.l.) forests and adjacent human habitations which have a dense tree cover in Gampaha District, near Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. We also provide a key for this and previously recognized species from Sri Lanka, based on collected material and literature.

Key words : Cnemaspis podihuna, Cnemaspis tropidogaster, Colombo, taxonomy, urban biodiversity

Section Editor: Aaron Bauer
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