Cnemaspis is a genus of diurnal (day) 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.Gamble, T., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T. R., & Bauer, A. M. (2015). Into the light: diurnality has evolved multiple times in geckos. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115(4), 896–910. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12536
Description Species in the genus Cnemaspis have slender, clawed digits which are cylindrical or depressed at the base (rarely dilated); 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.Boulenger, G. A. (1890). Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia (referring to Gonatodes)
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, 2007Wickramasinghe, Mendis & Munindradasa (2007). Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 1490: 1-63 – 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 (Annandale, 1905) 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 (Theobald, 1876) – Beddome's day gecko C. boiei (Gray, 1876) – 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 (Beddome, 1870) – 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 (Theobald, 1868) – Jerdon's day gecko C. kalakadensis Khandekar, Thackeray, & Agarwal, 2022 C. kallima Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 C. kandambyi Batuwita & Udugampala, 2017 C. kandiana (Kelaart, 1852), 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 (Jerdon, 1854) – 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 (Jerdon, 1853) – 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 (Beddome, 1870) – 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, 1877) – 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 (Theobald, 1876) – 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 (Boulenger, 1885) – 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 (Stoliczka, 1873) C. wynadensis (Beddome, 1870) – 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
The Sundaland group
C. aceh Iskandar, McGuire, & Amarasinghe, 2017. (2017) "Description of five new day geckos of Cnemaspis kandiana group (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sumatra and Mentawai Archipelago, Indonesia". Journal of Herpetology, 51(1): 142–153. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1670/15-047 C. adangrawi Ampai, Rujirawan, Wood, Stuart, & Aowphol, 2019 - Adang-Rawi rock gecko C. affinis (Stoliczka, 1870) – Stoliczka's gecko, Pinang Island rock gecko C. andalas Iskandar, McGuire, & Amarasinghe, 2017 C. argus Dring, 1979, 1979. Amphibians and reptiles from northern Trengganu, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new geckos: Cnemaspis and Cyrtodactylus. Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 34 (5): 181-241 – Dring's gecko, Argus rock gecko, Lawit Mountain rock gecko C. aurantiacopes Grismer & Ngo, 2007Grismer, L. L. and Ngo, V. T. (2007). Four new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Southern Vietnam. Herpetologica 63 (4): 482-500. – Hon Dat rock gecko C. auriventralis Rujirawan, Yodthong, Ampai, Termprayoon, Aksornneam, Stuart, & Aowphol, 2022 – Erawan rock gecko C. baueri Das & Grismer 2003 – Bauer's rock gecko, Pulau Aur rock gecko C. bayuensis Grismer, Grismer, Wood, & Chan 2008 – Kampung Bayu rock gecko, Gua Bayu rock gecko, Bayu Cave rock gecko C. bidongensis Grismer, Wood, Ahmad, Sumarli, Vazquez, Ismail, Nance, Mohd-amin, Othman, Rizaijessika, Kuss, Murdoc, & Cobos, 2014 – Pulau Bidong rock gecko C. biocellata Grismer, Chan, Nurolhuda, & Sumontha 2008,Grismer, L.L., Onn, C.K., Nasir, N. and Sumontha, M. (2008). A new species of karst-dwelling gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from the border region of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 1875: 51-68. – twin-spot rock gecko C. boulengeri Strauch 1887 – Boulenger's rock gecko, Con Dao round eyed gecko C. calderana Milto & Bezman-Moseyko, 2021 C. chanardi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels, & Kunya, 2010Grismer, L.L., Sumontha, M., Cota, M., Grismer, J.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Kunya, K. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925)(Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with a description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2576: 1-55 - Chan-ard's rock gecko C. chanthaburiensis Bauer & Das 1998 – Chanthaburi rock gecko C. caudanivea Grismer & Ngo, 2007Grismer, L. L. and Ngo, V. T. (2007). Four new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata) from Southern Vietnam. Herpetologica 63 (4): 482-500. – Hon Tre Island rock gecko