Cnemaspis barkiensis

The Barki dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis barkiensis, was described in 2024 by Khandekar, Gaikwad, Thackeray, Gangalmale and Agarwal in Zootaxa, in a revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis that named four new species from southern Maharashtra. The holotype, an adult male, was collected on 27 March 2023 in Barki Reserve Forest at about 910 m, with eight paratypes from nearby sites in Kolhapur district. It is named for Barki. (Reptile Database citation of the original description).

Its close relative C. kolhapurensis was described in 2009 from near Dajipur in the same district. The sources used give no size, colour or habitat detail.