Cnemaspis avasabinae
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{{short description|Species of gecko found in India}}
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| taxon = Cnemaspis avasabinae
| authority = Agarwal, Bauer & Khandekar, 2020
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| alt = Velikonda Range in India
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| range_map_caption = Cnemaspis avasabinae is only known from the Velikonda Range of the Eastern Ghats, India
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Cnemaspis avasabinae, or Sabin's Nellore dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to India. It is found in the Eastern Ghats.
Description
The species is distinct from all other Cnemaspis species in its small size of {{cvt|29|mm|in}} from snout to vent. It is coloured grey-pink on the dorsal (back) side and has six pairs of dark brown patches running down its back. Notably, the males of this species lack femoral pores.{{Cite journal|last1=Agarwal|first1=Ishan|last2=Bauer|first2=Aaron M|last3=Khandekar|first3=Akshay |name-list-style=amp |date=2020-06-24|title=A new species of South Asian Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4802.3.3|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4802|issue=3|pages=449–462|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4802.3.3|pmid=33056043 |access-date=2020-11-29|archive-date=2020-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209201133/https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4802.3.3|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite news|last=Garai|first=Shuvabrata|date=2020-11-28|title=New species of gecko found in the Eastern Ghats|language=en-IN |work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/new-species-of-gecko-found-in-the-eastern-ghats/article33201561.ece|access-date=2020-11-29 |archive-date=2020-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128235227/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/new-species-of-gecko-found-in-the-eastern-ghats/article33201561.ece|url-status=live}}{{NRDB species |genus=Cnemaspis |species=avasabinae |access-date=2020-11-29 }}
Habitat
The gecko is currently known from only one locality in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district, in the Velikonda Range of the Eastern Ghats. The locality is near a stream in a dry evergreen forest at an elevation of 200 m above sea level.{{Cite web|last=Raman|first=Spoorthy|last2=Kale|first2=Anushka|date=2020-11-18|title=What does it take to discover geckos?|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/what-does-it-take-to-discover-geckos-917238.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119201251/https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/what-does-it-take-to-discover-geckos-917238.html |archive-date=2020-11-19 }}
Habit
The gecko is rock-dwelling, and is active at and just after dusk.