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Issue: Vol. 2569 No. 1: 17 Aug. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-08-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2569.1.3
Page range: 55–66
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 1

Another new, diminutive Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch) from Peninsular Malaysia and a discussion of resource partitioning in sympatric species pairs

Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California, 92515-8247 USA
Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Centre For Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang
Centre For Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, E145 Corson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853 USA
Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 92108 USA
School of Environment and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California, 92515-8247 USA
Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California, 92515-8247 USA
Reptilia New species taxonomy karst granite rainforest

Abstract

A new, diminutive species of Rock Gecko, Cnemaspis shahruli sp. nov. from Penang Island, Penang; Pulau Jerejak, Penang; Pulau Pangkor, Perak; and the adjacent mainland at Sungai Sedim, Kedah was previously confused with juveniles of the sympatric, endemic species C. affinis (Stoliczka) on Penang Island. Cnemaspis shahruli sp. nov. is diagnosed from all other Southeast Asian Cnemaspis on the basis of several unique aspects of squamation, coloration, and body size. It is proposed that this new species has a more extensive mainland distribution than is presented here based on its southernmost record on Pulau Pangkor, Perak. A pattern of resource partitioning on the basis of body size, habitat, and activity period among sympatric species pairs of Cnemaspis is discussed.

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