''Cnemaspis upendrai'' is a species of diurnal

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endemic to island of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The

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honours Siran Upendra Deraniyagala, a Sri Lankan prehistorian. The species grows to in snout–vent length. Dorsum is light-brown with prominent markings, but some individuals are uniformly yellowish brown, without prominent dorsal markings.

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upendrai Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka Reptiles of Sri Lanka Reptiles described in 2007 {{Cnemaspis-stub