Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis Bauer & Das, 1998

Grismer, L. Lee, Neang, Thy, Chav, Thou, Wood, Perry L., Jr & Oaks, Jamie R., 2008, Additional Amphibians And Reptiles From The Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary In Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, With Comments On Their Taxonomy And The Discovery Of Three New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (1), pp. 161-175 : 168-169

Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis Bauer & Das, 1998

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Material examined. – LSUHC 7882 : Camp 1, 8 Aug.2006 .

Remarks. – A single adult male (SVL 33.3 mm) matches the description of the type series (n = 3) from southeastern Thailand (Bauer & Das, 1998; Dring, 1979) in being small (SVL 34.5–40.9); having an additional phalanx in the second digit of the manus and pes (phalanges counted by the number of joints in the digit); eight preanal pores; no femoral pores; ventral and subcaudal scales smooth; fifth digit of manus only slightly shorter than fourth; snout relatively short, only slightly depressed; 21 or fewer subdigital scales (counted from the proximal interphalangeal joint to the toe tips) on digits 3, 4, and 5 of the pes; dorsal pattern with white paravertebral markings.

The specimen was found beneath the rain fly of a camping tent. This species has been previously reported from the Thai portion of the Cardamoms (Bauer & Das, 1996; Dring, 1979) so its occurrence in the northwestern Cardamoms is not unexpected. This represents a new species and genus record for Cambodia.

Figures

Fig. 12. Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis from Camp 1.