Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection
Author
Santos, Bruna S.
Author
Marques, Mariana P.
0000-0002-1712-2632
mptlmarques@gmail.com
Author
Bauer, Aaron M.
0000-0001-6839-8025
aaron.bauer@villanova.edu
Author
Ceríaco, Luis M. P.
0000-0002-3798-2664
brunascesantos@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-09-03
5028
1
1
80
http://zoobank.org/c678f0fe-1b62-4f34-8a66-449cf9806b50
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5028.1.1
1175-5326
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Pachydactlylus rangei
(Andersson, 1908)
Material (
one specimen
)
:
One
adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 217, formerly UP-MHNFCP-095008;
Fig. S31
), collected from
Bahia dos Tigres
[=
Baía dos Tigres
] [-16.58559º, 11.82709º,
98 m
a.s.l.
]
Namibe Province
, in 1905
.
Comments:
Pachydactylus rangei
occurs in
Namibe Province
, southwestern
Angola
(
Marques
et al.
2018
). This species was never cited by
Ferreira (1904
,
1906
) in any of his papers. MHNCUP/REP 217 locality matches the species distribution range in the country.
P. rangei
was first described as
Palmatogecko rangei
Andersson, 1908
, being the
type
species for the genus, but it was later synonymized with
Pachydactylus
by
Bauer & Lamb (2005)
. The species was recently collected by Luís M. P. Ceríaco and Mariana P. Marques in the same area where Newton collected the aforementioned specimen (
Fig. 6
).