Cnemaspis hangus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species: Cnemaspis hangus

Name

Cnemaspis hangus Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Riyanto, , Ahmad, Muin, Sumontha, Chan, Quah, & Pauwels

Holotype: HC 00227, ♂, collected on 24 June 2008 by Chan Kin Onn at 1030 hrs.

Type locality: MALAYSIA: Bukit Hangus, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (04°16.142’N, 102°13.370’E) at 10 m in elevation.

Etymology: The specific epithet hangus is an invariable noun in apposition in reference to the Malay word “hangus” which means to burn or scorch and refers to this species’ overall burnt appearance in the dark color pattern phase.

References

Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Riyanto A., Ahmad, N., Muin, M.A., Sumontha, M., Grismer, J.L., Chan, K.O., Quah, E.S.H., & Pauwels, O.S.G.. 2014: Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian rock geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Zootaxa 3880(1): 1–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3880.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Bukit Hangus Rock Gecko

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