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Rajakaruna’s day gecko

Cnemaspis rajakarunai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Rathnayake, 2016

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Cnemaspis rajakarunai, also known as Rajakaruna's day gecko, is a species of diurnal geckos endemic to island of Sri Lanka, from Lowland Rainforest near Salgala. The species can be identified due to absence of precloacal pores. Male is known to ranges from 36–40 mm in length from snout to vent.

Wikipedia contributors, Cnemaspis rajakarunai; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:09:32.417138+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cnemaspis rajakarunai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Rathnayake, 2016
Name authority
Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Rathnayake, 2016
Common name
Rajakaruna’s day gecko
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Gekkonidae
Genus
Cnemaspis
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderGekkota
  11. familyGekkonidae
  12. genusCnemaspis
  13. speciesCnemaspis rajakarunai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Rathnayake, 2016

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cnemaspis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Argus Rock GeckoCnemaspis argus Dring, 1979GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mumpuni Rock GeckoCnemaspis mumpuniae Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Riyanto, Ahmad, Muin, Sumontha, Grismer, Onn, Quah & Pauwels, 2014GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Siamese Rock GeckoCnemaspis siamensis (Smith, 1925)GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ornate Day GeckoCnemaspis ornata (Beddome, 1870)GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chanthaburi Rock GeckoCnemaspis chanthaburiensis Bauer & Das, 1998GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Kottiyoor Day GeckoCnemaspis kottiyoorensis Cyriac & Umesh, 2014GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Adang-Rawi Rock GeckoCnemaspis adangrawi Ampai, Rujirawan, Wood, Stuart & Aowphol, 2019GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ajija’s Day GeckoCnemaspis ajijae Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Golden banded dwarf geckoCnemaspis bangara Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar, 2020GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Butewes’ day geckoCnemaspis butewai Karunarathna, Poyarkov, de Silva, Madawala, Botejue, Gorin, Surasinghe, Gabadage, Ukuwela & Bauer, 2019GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cnemaspis chengodumalaensis Cyriac, Palot, Deuti & Umesh, 2020GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Yellow-bellied Day GeckoCnemaspis flaviventralis Sayyed, Pyron & Dahanukar, 2016GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Sri Lanka (Sabaragamuwa)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. WICKRAMASINGHE, L. J. MENDIS; DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA, R. M. GAYAN PRIYANKARA RATHNAYAKE. (2016). Cnemaspis rajakarunai sp. nov., a rock dwelling day-gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from Salgala, an unprotected lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4168 (1): 092–108. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:8GQVD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.