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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Hemidactylus mabouia
(Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)
Material (
six specimens
):
One juvenile specimen (MHNCUP/REP 209), collected from Hocco, Cazengo [-9.35422º, 14.89471º,
573 m
a.s.l.]
Kwanza Norte Province
, date unknown;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 210), collected from
Cabiri
[-8.92125º, 13.66654º,
31 m
a.s.l.
]
Bengo Province
, in 1903
;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 211), collected from
Lué
(undetermined locality) in 1903
;
two adult
specimens (MHNCUP/REP 212–213;
Fig. S30
), collected from
Catete
[-9.11667º, 13.70000º,
21 m
a.s.l.
]
Bengo Province
, in 1903
;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/ REP 216, formerly UP-MHNFCP-094991), collected from
Rio
Luinha
[-9.26667º, 14.53333º,
237 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Norte Province
, in 1904
.
Comments:
Hemidactylus mabouia
is commonly found in northern
Angola
and along the coastline of the country (
Marques
et al.
2018
;
Ceríaco
et al.
2020a
). This species is frequently associated with urban habitats and it is one of the most widespread
Hemidactylus
species
(and geckos in general), with a broad distribution in sub-Saharan Africa, especially south of the Sahel (
Ceríaco
et al.
2020a
).
Ferreira (1904)
cited female specimens from “Cabiri”, “Serra de Stombe” and “Catete” and an additional adult from “Cambondo” (
Ferreira 1906
). Extant in MHNC-UP exist specimens from both “Cabiri” (MHNCUP/REP 210) and “Catete” (MHNCUP/REP 212–213).
Agarwal
et al.
(2021)
recently revised
H. mabouia
and found it to comprise as many as 20 putative species-level lineages.
Ceríaco
et al.
(2020a)
found the Angolan specimens to be conspecific with the nominotypical form.