Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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, Grismer, Onn, Quah & Pauwels, 2014: 86
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. et al. 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 Reference page.  [original description: p. 86]
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