Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea
Author
Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
Author
Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
0000-0002-8628-1055
Author
Riva, Ignacio De La
0000-0001-5064-4507
albertosv@mncn.csic.es
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-03
5202
1
1
197
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1
journal article
182444
10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1
45ba25c1-47a9-4001-93d9-294815bf37e7
1175-5326
7285600
BF4831D2-D98B-4265-9138-03DB8607B826
Hemidactylus newtoni
Ferreira, 1897
Hemidactylus newtoni
Ferreira, 1897: 251
.
Type
locality: “
Ilha
de Anno Bom”,
Annobon
.
Distribution
. Endemic to
Annobon
(
Ferreira 1897
;
Ceríaco
et al.
2018
) (
Map 9A
).
Comments.
Specimens originally recorded in
Annobon
as
H. mabouia
by Bocage (1893:45) became the
types
of
H. newtoni
(
Ferreira 1897
)
.
Hemidactylus newtoni
is the sister taxon of a putative undescribed species from
São Tomé
(
Jesus
et al.
2005a
), which actually seem to be
H. longicephalus
(
Ceríaco
et al.
2022
)
. Based on direct observations,
Jesus
et al.
(2005a)
indicated that the introduced
H. mabouia
is much more commonly found than
H. newtoni
, which could be ecologically displaced.
Specimens examined.
No specimens of this taxon were found in the examined collections.