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<mods:title>Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Conradie, Werner</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), P. O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa & South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, P / Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>University of Basel, Biogeography Research Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Basel 4056, Switzerland</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Engelbrecht, Hanlie M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 7, Claremont, 7735, South Africa & Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Loader, Simon P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>University of Roehampton, Department of Life Sciences, London, SW 15 4 JD, United Kingdom</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Menegon, Michele</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Scott, Michael</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Tolley, Krystal A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 7, Claremont, 7735, South Africa & Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="182236988" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:95A3B5089EA458B5A8F7CB50C94A84AB" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/95A3B5089EA458B5A8F7CB50C94A84AB" lastPageNumber="171" pageId="8" pageNumber="171">
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<taxonomicName LSID="95A3B508-9EA4-58B5-A8F7-CB50C94A84AB" authority="Broadley, 1963" authorityName="Broadley" authorityYear="1963" class="Amphibia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lygodactylus rex" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">Lygodactylus cf. rex Broadley, 1963</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="171">Material</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation accessionNumber="R21147, R21148" collectingDate="2016-01-01" collectingDateMax="2016-12-31" collectingDateMin="2016-01-01" location="Mt. Mabu" specimenCount="1">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:95A3B5089EA458B5A8F7CB50C94A84AB:2DD050886A8442302188070D0F73C2CD" name="Mt. Mabu">Mt. Mabu</location>
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(PEM
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<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/R21147">R21147</accessionNumber>
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, male,
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<quantity metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.81" unit="mm" value="48.1">48.1 mm</quantity>
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SVL; PEM
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<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/R21148">R21148</accessionNumber>
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, male,
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<quantity metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.21" unit="mm" value="42.1">42.1 mm</quantity>
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SVL)
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="171">Comments</paragraph>
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Specimens were collected from tree trunks in transitional miombo at lower slopes (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. A selection of reptiles from northern Mozambique inselbergs. A - Nadzikambia baylissi (Mt. Namuli, PEM R 21165), B - Rhampholeon tilburyi (Mt. Namuli, PEM R 21157), C - Rhampholeon sp. (Mt. M'paluwe, PEM R 21209), D - Lygodactylus cf. rex (Mt. Mabu, PEM R 21147), E - Holaspis laevis (Mt. Mabu, PEM R 21146), F - Dipsadoboa cf. shrevei shrevei (Mt. Mabu, PEM R 21123), G - Duberria shirana (Mt. Namuli, PEM R 21184), H - Psammophylax variabilis (Mt. Namuli, PEM R 21186)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.92.9948.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/104230" pageId="8" pageNumber="171">4D</figureCitation>
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). These large geckos are morphologically similar to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Broadley" authorityYear="1963" class="Amphibia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lygodactylus rex" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="171">Lygodactylus rex</emphasis>
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from Mt. Mulanje in that they share the large size of typical
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Broadley" authorityYear="1963" class="Amphibia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lygodactylus rex" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="171">Lygodactylus rex</emphasis>
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(up to 55 SVL:
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<bibRefCitation author="Portik, DM" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="10" pageNumber="173" pagination="415 - 435" publicationUrl="10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2" refId="B54" refString="Portik, DM, Travers, SL, Bauer, AM, Branch, WR, 2013b. A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated 'sky island' of northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 3710: 415 - 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2" title="A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated ' sky island' of northern Mozambique." url="10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2" volume="3710" year="2013 b">Portik et al. 2013b</bibRefCitation>
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), the mental scale is very shallow with lateral slits, and the conspicuous ocellus (spot) above the shoulder. Given the high level of genetic diversity in montane species of this genus (
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<bibRefCitation author="Portik, DM" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="10" pageNumber="173" pagination="415 - 435" publicationUrl="10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2" refId="B54" refString="Portik, DM, Travers, SL, Bauer, AM, Branch, WR, 2013b. A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated 'sky island' of northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 3710: 415 - 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2" title="A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated ' sky island' of northern Mozambique." url="10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2" volume="3710" year="2013 b">Portik et al. 2013b</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation author="Travers, SL" journalOrPublisher="Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" pageId="10" pageNumber="173" pagination="31 - 42" publicationUrl="10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.017" refId="B70" refString="Travers, SL, Jackman, TR, Bauer, AM, 2014. A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 31 - 42, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.017" title="A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism." url="10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.017" volume="80" year="2014">Travers et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
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) this could either represent an extension of its distribution or a new species. For that reason, we tentatively assign it to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="171">Lygodactylus rex</emphasis>
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