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<figureCitation id="46284CCB43A42F1485A7041438058F97" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Live photos of Angolan flat geckos: A. Afroedura bogerti (PEM R 24187); B. Afroedura wulfhaackei sp. nov. (paratype PEM R 24232); C. Afroedura praedicta sp. nov. (holotype NB 854); D. Afroedura donveae sp. nov. (holotype PEM R 17937); E. Afroedura vazpintorum sp. nov. (holotype PEM R 24118); F. Afroedura vazpintorum sp. nov. (NB 0745); Photos: A, B, D, E. William R. Branch; C, F. Pedro Vaz Pinto." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.57202.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/496674" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Iona Flat Gecko Osga-achatada do Iona Figures 5D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="9A017195D18B557B1BAE2FD0D5BF9548" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Holotype of Afroedura donveae sp. nov. (PEM R 17937) from Omauha Lodge, 15 km south of Tambor, Namibe Province, Angola. Photos: Werner Conradie." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.57202.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/496678" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">, 9</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="9410053CBD129775BFDBDAB1600D880A" captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="T3" captionText="Table 3. Summary of morphological data for Afroedura bogerti, A. wulfhaackei sp. nov. (including the members of the morphologically-indistinguishable Afroedura sp. 5 - 7 clades), A. donveae sp. nov., A. vazpintorum sp. nov. and A. praedicta sp. nov. Values are given as a range with mean values in parenthesis. M = male, F = female, n = sample size." pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Tables 3</figureCitation>
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PEM R17937, adult female, collected from Omauha Lodge, 15 km south of Tambor (
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PEM R17936, collected from Omauha Lodge, 15 km South Tambor (
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,
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, 341 m a.s.l), Namibe Province, Angola, by William R. Branch, Werner Conradie, Krystal Tolley and John Measey on 18 January 2009.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8496DA2BF7655260A5AA88F97AA6F18E" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="5CAA4DD3D2A0B84D873E2B813B9149E3" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="02E7AF1536505C0BBB1819858F0D60BD" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis id="D2710C253E672596A3590AF9C007FEBE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Males</emphasis>
: TM 40508, TM 40512, TM 40516, TM 40518, collected from Tambor (
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,
<geoCoordinate id="DAF26D35200964ED2704EB06DD5654D3" degrees="12.43333" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="12.43333">12.43333</geoCoordinate>
, 355 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by Wulf Haacke on 1 April 1971.
<emphasis id="C13606A082F3BF1EF7C582305002CF43" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Females</emphasis>
: PEM R18041-2, collected 0.5 km south of Tambor (
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,
<geoCoordinate id="18FAB6E7392EA152A58087279D760982" degrees="12.43328" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="12.43328">12.43328</geoCoordinate>
, 352 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by William R. Branch, Krystal Tolley and John Measey on 23 January 2009; TM 40509-11, TM 40513-5, TM 40517, TM 40536-8, collected from Tambor (
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,
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, 355 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by Wulf Haacke on 1 April 1971.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="112F22F070DAEE00C224E57FE4ABC07C" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="028C55AD1B43B1CF7820CC6108B1B322" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Additional referred material</paragraph>
<paragraph id="56ED2BC8C22C5DB02F329C54E52056F0" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis id="08089B59CD534CF05611EA9BF64380C5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">(not examined).</emphasis>
TM 40519-20, collected from Tambor (
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,
<geoCoordinate id="696B34456EB4C2C042BB756FA77945B6" degrees="12.43333" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="12.43333">12.43333</geoCoordinate>
, 355 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by Wulf Haacke on 1 April 1971; FKH 0341-2, collected from Omauha Lodge (
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,
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, 338 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by Pedro Vaz Pinto on 3 October 2019; CAS:HERP 263012-3, collected from Omauha (
<geoCoordinate id="F28F99D58BB881F92379DE252B594D80" degrees="16.19858" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-16.19858">-16.19858</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="A28CE4534F615654EE3D7E439C714803" degrees="12.40073" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="12.40073">12.40073</geoCoordinate>
, 338 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by Luis M.P. Ceriaco, Suzana Bandeira and Isham Agarwal on 25 and 27 November 2017; CAS:HERP 248780-1, collected 0.5 km south of Tambor (
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,
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, 352 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by William R. Branch, Krystal Tolley and John Measey on 23 January 2009.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FCD865A27FDD43E8999ACDF98A4147D8" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="864F39D9D463C33F1D758AFCBC4E2899" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="174C2B046EBDAB6F72DA8447B912D7D7" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
This gecko is named after
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Branch,
<normalizedToken id="89EDE9F6488E210A68954CD84DABB15A" originalValue="WRB’s">WRB's</normalizedToken>
wife, with the following personal quote: &quot;This, the most beautiful of all the Angolan flat geckos, is named for my wife,
<normalizedToken id="2B2098B1AC696E6C9BA0B012DE556429" originalValue="Donvé">Donve</normalizedToken>
Branch (
<normalizedToken id="366F5C4DE02CC9618928DA6EF987D41B" originalValue="‘Dove’">'Dove'</normalizedToken>
) who bore the long periods I was away on fieldwork, and to whose nest I returned, and surrounded me with love until the end&quot;. The name is constructed in the feminine singular genitive.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A0C63D38345471124609E609FA6D70FB" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="ED42EE2C7E283282DDA79E531A14A19F" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4D13EA2DEBD8739032F9452EDD61E69B" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
A member of the greater '
<taxonomicName id="5D4C9630B035721E022A2A5FC7B0A238" baseAuthorityName="Hewitt" baseAuthorityYear="1925" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroedura transvaalica" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="transvaalica">
<emphasis id="0B4335BBADBAD9C2F56F443E0CA47693" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Afroedura transvaalica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
' group as it possesses two pairs of enlarged scansors per digit and a strongly verticillate and flattened tail (
<bibRefCitation id="43D1C99E277FF28D9711EE8F92B5C436" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1" author="Jacobsen, NHG" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" pagination="451 - 501" refId="B41" refString="Jacobsen, NHG, Kuhn, AL, Jackman, TR, Bauer, AM, 2014. A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa. Zootaxa 3846 (4): 451 - 501, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1" title="A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1" volume="3846" year="2014">Jacobsen et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
). Part of the
<taxonomicName id="2B44FC09FBF66392FE821FA7A67CC958" lsidName="A. bogerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="bogerti">
<emphasis id="C5168B7837EB4EE0DF5FBE31D4424D33" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. bogerti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group which differs from other members of the '
<taxonomicName id="DF05A5308BAA4E7E1B788A17E223533C" baseAuthorityName="Hewitt" baseAuthorityYear="1925" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroedura transvaalica" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="transvaalica">
<emphasis id="4476AA0B8D80E28596DA20770A8B9B52" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Afroedura transvaalica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
' group by having less than 78 mid-body scale rows (vs. 97-102 in
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<emphasis id="810C518584B5257FBD0E22DB53EE1142" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. gorongosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 113-120 in
<taxonomicName id="275763CC0B381BA67719E60B69B50122" lsidName="A. loveridgei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="loveridgei">
<emphasis id="86120BA1115A25DC2897F75AF2C07A64" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. loveridgei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 102-119 in
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<emphasis id="DDA2CCC18AA79095162BB6E761487542" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. transvaalica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); by the rostral bordering the nostril (nostril excluded from rostral in
<taxonomicName id="74D4B0512C59988D9AA57710C5E547B3" lsidName="A. loveridgei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="loveridgei">
<emphasis id="17069D69A39B4BE0897BE10E35B42102" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. loveridgei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); by the anterior nasals always in contact (separated by 1-3 granules in
<taxonomicName id="E4739A18334697B21E9B675B9CE363E0" lsidName="A. gorongosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="gorongosa">
<emphasis id="39FB2CC59850A2866B2754938B166BD3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. gorongosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; always in broad contact in
<taxonomicName id="80F75C4BDB43BC142E93AD11123C682D" lsidName="A. loveridgei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="loveridgei">
<emphasis id="A700CC2C1057802FE39D41156F5C8265" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. loveridgei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; usually in broad contact in
<taxonomicName id="A033FEC72EB504E00F7E7F3641285515" lsidName="A. transvaalica" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="transvaalica">
<emphasis id="E49E539F36163EB9730D91B4D64BE057" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. transvaalica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
~ 3-18%); and in having 11-14 scales between the anterior borders of the eyes (19-22 in
<taxonomicName id="3AED8862E18B1F0574B872BF347793FB" lsidName="A. gorongosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="gorongosa">
<emphasis id="D9B46F4D831B8487464E50AB917A81AB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. gorongosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 15-19 in
<taxonomicName id="F361C3A863D6ACC82530897348C8E5D7" lsidName="A. loveridgei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="loveridgei">
<emphasis id="F4BDD615C17BB3D348C783FACD48B536" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. loveridgei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 15-20 in
<taxonomicName id="28D18C9F4968BE547D9159CB33C992F1" lsidName="A. transvaalica" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="transvaalica">
<emphasis id="C01EE905C22B6B04735C030592DC1014" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. transvaalica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (comparative data
<emphasis id="636F3BE1485995FBD855C532CF190219" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">fide</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="980927898669FB4B4F72CFDA30695B8A" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8" author="Branch, WR" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" pagination="142 - 160" refId="B12" refString="Branch, WR, Guyton, JA, Schmitz, A, Barej, MF, Naskrecki, P, Farooq, H, Verburgt, L, Roedel, M-O, 2017a. Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. Zootaxa 4324 (1): 142 - 160, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8" title="Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8" volume="4324" year="2017 a">Branch et al. 2017a</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="04044D0AEAAA979029C25A3D154E9536" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicName id="91C286A2A9C79067EC4E29925E9E8B45" authorityName="Branch &amp; Schmitz &amp; Lobón-Rovira &amp; Baptista &amp; António &amp; Conradie" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroedura donveae" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="donveae">
<emphasis id="0146333F001F7095625F90BEFFFCE7DF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Afroedura donveae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. differs from other members of the
<taxonomicName id="64F27FF6A424D9178C17B77F9EBA9232" lsidName="A. bogerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="bogerti">
<emphasis id="9F748C532F6F9529AD07027037F850D7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. bogerti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group by a combination of the following characters (see Tables
<tableCitation id="260D621533457463B3CD3455EF99477C" captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="T3" captionText="Table 3. Summary of morphological data for Afroedura bogerti, A. wulfhaackei sp. nov. (including the members of the morphologically-indistinguishable Afroedura sp. 5 - 7 clades), A. donveae sp. nov., A. vazpintorum sp. nov. and A. praedicta sp. nov. Values are given as a range with mean values in parenthesis. M = male, F = female, n = sample size." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/742172291B68E9AFACEE2244550D3FEF" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" tableUuid="742172291B68E9AFACEE2244550D3FEF">3</tableCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="A5EA20C7E767D64D3FA8D83D036A5B89" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="T4" captionText="Table 4. Tukey multiple comparisons of means of the four species combinations of Angolan Afroedura (values for A. wulfhaackei sp. nov. include the members of the morphologically-indistinguishable Afroedura sp. 5 - 7 clades). Bold values indicate significant pairwise comparisons. SVL - snout-vent length; HL - head length; HW - head width; ED - eye-diameter; EE - ear-eye length; IN - internostril distance; MSR - mid-body scale rows." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/C30887A74A39988C01C45C883AEB5E57" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" tableUuid="C30887A74A39988C01C45C883AEB5E57">4</tableCitation>
): 64-78 (mean 72.8) mid-body scale rows (69-77 [mean 73.5] in
<taxonomicName id="22E9184059CCA94E592EBF02A6852670" lsidName="A. bogerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="bogerti">
<emphasis id="B2FDC3FBBD67E81D21F8DF4E5947BF50" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. bogerti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 76-88 [mean 79.3] in
<taxonomicName id="3D0EF29F91A57CD70D635FD279A58D8B" lsidName="A. wulfhaackei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="wulfhaackei">
<emphasis id="833D4A7B49A99B810690AB82772BF891" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. wulfhaackei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., 73-86 [mean 80.3] in
<taxonomicName id="7CA0DE787CF4705CB912A195BF5C5556" lsidName="A. vazpintorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="vazpintorum">
<emphasis id="396866421E5CB58546EBF273C663C4C2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. vazpintorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., 73-78 [mean 74.8] in
<taxonomicName id="953B770D315D36A4B1D1C015BF4587C1" lsidName="A. praedicta" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="praedicta">
<emphasis id="C6EBE2E2025B8B9B1883EC425A42AAAB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. praedicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.); by the anterior nasals always in contact (similar to
<taxonomicName id="DBB52502CD4417B6C0574DC0C06CA6A5" lsidName="A. vazpintorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="vazpintorum">
<emphasis id="4A874F79111089A86BDE28D20CF759F1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. vazpintorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="18D89D719F0BE39CB3BB18AED3C4A3C3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. praedicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.; in contact in ~ 33% of
<taxonomicName id="F79BCD9608E1F09E8CB1FD536DBB17A6" lsidName="A. bogerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="bogerti">
<emphasis id="D1E1484073A07801893BAEE7B83EB490" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. bogerti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; in contact in ~ 68% of
<taxonomicName id="CC04067A66B59836E251AE816B7EAEA8" lsidName="A. wulfhaackei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="wulfhaackei">
<emphasis id="0399862ED77E638DAD0C9BFCF6810EB9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. wulfhaackei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.); in each verticil having 5-6 (mean 5.5) ventral and 6-7 (mean 6.6) dorsal rows of scales (5-6 [mean 5.0] and 6-7 [mean 6.1] to
<taxonomicName id="CCDD08502CF772C4732310AB29ABDAD6" lsidName="A. vazpintorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="vazpintorum">
<emphasis id="D96E0214F84BC5B4E591A1B3C06CC63F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. vazpintorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.; 4 and 5 in
<taxonomicName id="A6074DC4098011EEEFB68A7206AEBBE6" lsidName="A. bogerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="bogerti">
<emphasis id="58D59E1E213C363D3A0E800325DE7D7B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. bogerti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A65EC3F4C0FFC68A5D3842ECB43F4629" lsidName="A. praedicta" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="praedicta">
<emphasis id="AAD2BF9048B16BCE0AD1FAF5A1E9A2CA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. praedicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., 4-5 [mean 4.0] and 5-6 [mean 5.1] in
<taxonomicName id="1D7F356C8AD6986E45DDFAC036DFA57E" lsidName="A. wulfhaackei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="wulfhaackei">
<emphasis id="F282A38372CD9385865C797FCD146F44" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. wulfhaackei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.); ventral surfaces immaculate (similar to
<taxonomicName id="66975E2C61F68F44664A1E492A530143" lsidName="A. vazpintorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="vazpintorum">
<emphasis id="30A53CAC6913D983FB90BD71B490266A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. vazpintorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.; greyish with black spots in
<taxonomicName id="202928A7CAB4CC5857FC90B8CB182148" lsidName="A. bogerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="bogerti">
<emphasis id="B4261A1D46FBA28588D5344C567416DA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. bogerti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="10DA93C78DA7F572B8B9B03A44E373C0" lsidName="A. wulfhaackei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="wulfhaackei">
<emphasis id="97A9D7025B93F670A847612DC2F5DC03" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. wulfhaackei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. and
<taxonomicName id="393AC1EFE780709F4EF41313C619F433" lsidName="A. praedicta" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="praedicta">
<emphasis id="CC13936AE0119BE718DBDFA862A260D0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. praedicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.); larger average adult size 57.6 mm SVL (versus 50.0 mm in
<taxonomicName id="928EB0FCADE4F109AB367DC5D848736F" lsidName="A. bogerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="bogerti">
<emphasis id="3014F606037564DAA4907FB1E19E2365" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. bogerti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 51.7 mm in
<taxonomicName id="FA9D1B47E948D4C5C68F92317DA2C07D" lsidName="A. wulfhaackei" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="wulfhaackei">
<emphasis id="34AF36E9CB1B2C1C4392FA753FD839C5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. wulfhaackei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., 51.3 mm in
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<emphasis id="8EC7B34D485E03EF1C6AC0468648978D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. vazpintorum</emphasis>
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sp. nov.; 49.9 mm
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<emphasis id="75AA8A54A328159DE1235F76A12614A3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. praedicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.).
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<emphasis id="EE96C2CA7994B2040977043ADF26B4E6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Afroedura donveae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. differs more specifically from its sister lowland species
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<emphasis id="A54779E51485132C69F9919095B0B0E2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">A. vazpintorum</emphasis>
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sp. nov. in being larger (57.6 mm versus 51.3 mm average SVL) and having lower mid-body scale counts (64-78 [mean 72.8] versus 73-86 [mean 80.3]), higher numbers of precloacal pores (11-12 [mean 11.5] versus 9-11 [mean 10.2]), bolder colouration and distinct tail banding (versus duller colouration and less distinct tail banding).
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<subSubSection id="D1819B0CF13F4ED7A83DD31B6A1DBF84" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="description">
<paragraph id="A405CC91ACE35289A4738887BD9FDC07" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Holotype description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9124BFC42AD9188FB76E38F1B65E1D26" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
Adult female: SVL 61.0 mm; tail 59.0 mm (full original tail), with a small mid-ventral incision for the removal of liver sample. Measurements and meristic characters of holotype presented in Table
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. Head and body dorsoventrally compressed; HL 13.6 mm, HW 11.4 mm, broadest at posterior level of eye and 1.19 times longer than wide. Eyes large (3.4 mm wide), pupil vertical with indented margins; circumorbital scales small and smooth, elongated at upper anterior margin, upper three posterior scales with small upward pointing spines. Snout rounded, 5.6 mm long, longer than distance between eye and ear openings (4.5 mm). Scales on top of snout smooth, rounded, equal in size, with no intervening minute granules. Scales on snout slightly larger than those on back of head or nape. Scales on eyelids larger than those on the crown, 5 scales deep from circumorbital scale to crown. Nostril pierced between rostral, three nasal scales; 1st supralabial narrowly excluded from nostril; the supranasals are much larger than the subequal smaller postnasals, in broad contact with each other. Nostrils slightly elevated. Rostral roughly rectangular, but with its upper edges elongated due to extensions to the nostril. Nine supralabials on each side, the labial margin flexing upwards at the rictus (approx. mid-orbital position), with 1-2 minute scales proximal to the flexure. Ten infralabials on either side, with a small scale proximal to the flexure. At the lip, mental slightly narrower than adjacent infralabial, 63% of rostral and in contact with three distinctly elongated postmental scales. Scales on throat much smaller than those on belly, scales touching infralabials larger. Thirteen scales across the crown at level of front of eyes; 11 scales between nostril and front of eye; 13 scales from ear to eye; 74 scales around mid-body. Ear opening deep, oblique and roughly oval, only half as high as wide (0.4
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0.9 mm). Scales on dorsum smooth, non-overlapping, largest at mid-body, smaller on nape and tail base. Scales on ventrum flattened, not overlapping, more-or-less ovate at mid-ventrum, twice the size of lateral granules and 1.5 times the size of scales along the dorsal mid-line. Original tail slightly dorsoventrally flattened and distinctly verticillate (16 whorls in total), with obvious lateral constrictions; each verticil comprising 7 rows of imbricate scales dorsally and 6 rows of imbricate scales ventrally, with ventral scales approximately twice the size of those on the dorsal surface. Limbs well-developed, hindlimbs slightly longer than forelimbs, both without obvious mite pockets at posterior margin of limb insertions; mite pockets present on anterior margin of hindlimbs. All digits with a large pair of distal scansors, separated by a large, curved claw and followed after a large gap (twice length of terminal scansor) by a smaller pair of scansors; infero-median row of digital scales enlarged transversely, particularly towards the scansors, where the terminal scale adjoining the first pair of scansors may be medially constricted, swollen and scansor-like; 8 enlarged scale rows under 4th toe.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="CC7B72D35052576A6D0055609340C8D9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Table 7.</emphasis>
Measurements (in mm) and scale counts for the type series of
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<emphasis id="3F1B8D4D30E63658A233CC227A9D3501" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Afroedura donveae</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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<paragraph id="66C21C8A9E1974B0AF8B8477E7A2DC2E" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<table id="B9BDD0559E321C65FFF43AD1CCF40F9F" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<tr id="837656914E932DD2C41DA9DAA59E10A1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<th id="3989EA3A8E209FDCFB2056D47619625A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Catalogue number</th>
<th id="1421FEBCE676A838BAF6B8AAE802B8C3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">PEM R17937</th>
<th id="BFD9B5E5AF0E466DA451966C72D258CD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">PEM R17936</th>
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<tr id="0542A9D33FA3D2025B7415CE8C5DA917" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="0258CF4985638E3815302F8C4F5DDC02" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Type Status</td>
<td id="1F25DA5F02A7EB3B1E802EAF2BA24808" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Holotype</td>
<td id="B53C874424CD216A04F0B6AC6B2A1203" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Paratype</td>
</tr>
<tr id="08CADF15F50F1379E138A668C499D158" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="8144CF122A696C8A48B4109608CE222B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Sex</td>
<td id="07052EA28BF8BF8B95A46C003688AE2C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Female</td>
<td id="0A599F0464590568895E10B0E45C1089" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Female</td>
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<tr id="FFD085917FF137EBC6DB1106FE741E18" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="0CD3BFE4D132EF54474D802F4ACC86D3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Snout vent length</td>
<td id="36CF97635F34D8F9B59F419303F27A2A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">61.0</td>
<td id="A67CE7F09440959491168F251F77F3D2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">64.0</td>
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<tr id="780C63BC5B2C0DF0126D7EAE82929B03" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="20465C85BB949525122AF07C7CADAA5F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Tail length</td>
<td id="A5E580BFCE583FA699FF7C155CD92AEB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">59.0</td>
<td id="CDB08967F4F2AEB45E7721CEDC5BE8D5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">38.0</td>
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<tr id="DF2EEB89377E30101945C26C65D3ECEE" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="D6E63EB18E8F79ED9FF5A02AF5BEF214" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Tail condition</td>
<td id="B28A2FD2A72E7B8A9DCE76CE6E3341FA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Original</td>
<td id="028D8663609BB2F80B2E0AADBD39A0FF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Regenerated</td>
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<tr id="13F0F7AFDCA138DCD7AB68BD220F7505" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="D44C429E7CAD3B4EBFBA741333341F83" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Head length</td>
<td id="096D547B8EE5F10FF1BDC78104279733" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">16.6</td>
<td id="95000577BFF826C7F9A4641DEF0FAA22" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">13.2</td>
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<tr id="441851E49F6167FC65821FE513CBF502" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="19ABD37CA5596DEEB8D449DF932E88FE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Head width</td>
<td id="1A33A41B32ACEEA08F4C8352EA4A6D79" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">11.4</td>
<td id="5E14C1D1F4371E9943605FF8971AA76C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">11.2</td>
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<tr id="97898227ECB8383E07F3F95B5CFB345C" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="481BA0FA293923C927D543A514AC7309" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Snout length</td>
<td id="98FDFD5CCD4EEB3808F69CA2F0D8C863" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td id="28C12541B5CEFDC5A478BFBC8559EB55" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
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<tr id="284866FA69E566B160150426ACB22678" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="CFE33DC6738A038298738C8D9C870ACD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Eye distance</td>
<td id="8CF694EC81C675F8B75BD9F516EF82F3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">3.4</td>
<td id="47AF8B33E856064F63FB05A5ABFFF292" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">3.1</td>
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<tr id="C78A16AB2989EAAD369AC0416BE611E0" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="8CC1270F387770B95C6C16743F6E8188" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Eye-Ear distance</td>
<td id="6BDFAB460AE256B6C367E5D559C9A746" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">4.4</td>
<td id="D8052CBAE36439C2B954DED7DBF54007" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">4.4</td>
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<tr id="0FB9899175C25EEC6476EAFACF233870" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="4F37B508A87645551F76D08B10DEC901" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Dorsal rows per tail verticil</td>
<td id="C2914B703FD45F948D7FF7AFA8F28743" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td id="3131358930640AFD2EBC467C464D19BA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">-</td>
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<tr id="43848D50AF415B99588A24584D48808A" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="D2D27469589F9BE1B825D6FDF71D70FA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Ventral rows per tail verticil</td>
<td id="EA8F92BCEDD36F8BF1AD95BB7F891653" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td id="01B381FD3D73610580A0E1E542BFA6C5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">-</td>
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<tr id="79E4811CC1664161BA4EED7AFB3F9F47" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="A17768F160092AD2B5DB1B8B0436259F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Scales below 4th toe</td>
<td id="4C8C019086B02602E8C3EFDAA275040D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td id="98E6861985366AD97A0B15AEDB24EE46" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">7</td>
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<tr id="97295AF9AB5BF58AA97C7FFC4CBA43AB" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="63AAB8E82A21B0E42BA70736D3EE4EFD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Mid-body scale rows</td>
<td id="AFF855202474C75E068D537883A117EE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">74</td>
<td id="DDCADD8BABBAC4434E1253E39BEE3752" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">68</td>
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<tr id="930275FF9E2D0EFC1ABAFE56B9EAC2D5" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="1DD941A47E08F265383C94DA6EC1516F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Scales between eyes</td>
<td id="17846A3561F6D29554F33871CA334E04" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">13</td>
<td id="72D104AF10496BAAEE3B231A29A349E9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">12</td>
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<tr id="8B89A9982FE5F45FD1417D3DCA3CC533" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="DAA995063AE9C787CAD164D231DEEF15" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Scales: nostril to eye</td>
<td id="AAB4A8EF8878C7BF0C2A66F07FCA34A7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td id="86A2BA8D544608E3DDEA5E9D1B5610E4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">10</td>
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<tr id="254A29C923A56B22758A660B041174B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="423CDFFE4953BBB82510499D3C1D4A3F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Scales: ear to eye</td>
<td id="2C62798592429FA9A7DCB65262B80B26" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">13</td>
<td id="D1EC8BDE5705050402CA2F869A241CEA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B852B06D46BE179248F9B21B4176ABED" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="9E7C3A0F4198BDEE99FDCD7CDFFC08E8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Anterior nasals in contact</td>
<td id="7E4D420782367467D94FE50ADD38217B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Yes</td>
<td id="4228070E26A9F339F2353EE645AA8864" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Yes</td>
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<tr id="CA346F7BE2CE6DEEF6847F2EE9E3A669" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="CC66DDCF472261FA09E531169A951920" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Supralabials</td>
<td id="B19F6D249071DAE4D692097F21A9F8FD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td id="D168193E65FACA8F3BA1A0E3DD81BC68" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">8</td>
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<tr id="55154C4644D79474005C7CCA90F1B1BF" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<td id="9A53CA6998CD32DD9B43631A0FA09683" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">Infralabials</td>
<td id="247BF9E5ABE36D7786A71BF1EBCEA612" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td id="0B201444A74270CD3009F8DD2FB996B1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rowspan="1">10</td>
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</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5BB6E3C1D959B6774A9CB2A17A155FCE" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="type material">
<paragraph id="13424E1F5646961630A970E08A6250A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Paratypes and additional examined material variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2C831476D0E407730AAB195A66FFF2E0" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
SVL varied from 49.1-55.7 mm; original tail length 26.5-59.0 mm, 0.78 times SVL; head length 1.13-1.46 times head width; snout 1.99 times diameter of eye (see Table
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for more measurements and scale counts of type series). Supranasals always in contact; the first upper labial and rostral always enters the nostril and the width of the rostral at the lip margin is always wider than that of the mental; 2-3 postmental scales (except PEM R18401 with only one); supralabials 8-10, infralabials 8-11; scales between anterior edges of eyes 10-13; scales between nostril and anterior edge of orbit 8-12; scales from ear to eye 11-14; scales around mid-body 64-78; subdigital lamellae on 4th toe 6-8; dorsal scales per tail verticil 6-7 (mean 6.6); ventral scales per tail verticil 5-6 (mean 5.5); precloacal pores 11-12.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4A7ED7BF5D6F486D42F01FEE815DB9EF" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="colouration">
<paragraph id="3725F9CDFA5EBFF81BB2F00C83B27295" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Colouration.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CE6537E2B4D631B824023F50B969C301" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis id="5A68C6C9FA75E2953CC84C2BFDAF86DF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">In life</emphasis>
(holotype PEM R17937, Fig.
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): Yellowish above, brighter anteriorly, with nine irregularly-shaped darker brown to black crossbars from the occiput to the sacrum, each separated by thinner (3-4 scales deep), light yellow crossbars; head with dark brown-black blotches on the crown with intervening pale yellow colouration; dark brown bar from nostril across the upper margins of the ear opening, connecting with dark brown lateral bar on the neck; a thin pale yellow canthal stripe extends on both sides from the nasal region to anterior margins of eye, continuing posteriorly from the eye on to the nape; upper and lower labials light grey with diffuse brown edges; lateral sides of the body with a mix of dark grey and yellow blotches; limbs yellowish above with scattered darker grey markings; tail (original) with irregular dark brown bars, separated by yellow bars anteriorly, posteriorly with black and white bars; iris dark black with irregular golden spots, a black, narrow, elliptical, crenulate-edged pupil with black reticulation; ventrum uniform beige with scattered brown specks on lateral edges only; ventrally, limbs with scattered brown spots.
<emphasis id="A0267D6B0A6938F98CE3E130ACEACB30" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">In preservative</emphasis>
(holotype PEM R17937, Fig.
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): dorsum with nine irregularly spaced dark brown crossbars from the occiput to the sacrum with beige intervening blotches; dorsally, arms and legs darkly barred; tail with nine dark brown bars, bolder towards the tip; dorsally, head with mottled dark brown scales; a light beige canthal stripe from nostril to anterior corner of eyes, continuing from the posterior part of the eye to above the ear opening; dark brown bar running from the nasals above the ear opening to the neck; light beige stripe (one-scale-wide) from above the supralabials to the ear opening (two-scales-wide); supralabials ventrally dark brown-edged; infralabials with scattered dark brown markings dorsally; ventrum is mostly immaculate, with dark brown spots ventrally on the arms and legs; ventrally, tail with nine dark brown bars, bolder posteriorly.
<emphasis id="7EDF8D97762072A19766BD8A862342EC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Variation</emphasis>
. Similar colouration and patterning as to the holotype. Dorsal crossbars are often fused to form 2-3 dark brown, X-shaped crossbars. Original tails with 6-7 broad, dark brown to black bars, separated by light beige to white bars; some specimens with fine one-scale-wide black bar separating the lighter bars. Regenerated tails with fine dark brown mottling. Juveniles with more sharply-defined patterns.
</paragraph>
<caption id="94F4ED8E7A99740540998B6CFFE636B2" doi="10.3897/zse.97.57202.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/496678" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" start="Figure 9" startId="F9">
<paragraph id="839C4383755B2B3FDD521EDF8CD0275B" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis id="05E3997684CAA0DCAD935496291A1808" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figure 9.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="303206DC2FF3A7391B61E842A256E474" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Afroedura donveae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (PEM R17937) from Omauha Lodge, 15 km south of Tambor, Namibe Province, Angola. Photos: Werner Conradie.
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</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3F91F11F39804505A78024CAD0CB0C91" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="natural history">
<paragraph id="7F1A6E8A363E01448271D9E7E60472C1" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Natural history and habitat</paragraph>
<paragraph id="04065CD1C3878D28D4BF7D4FF7FF5992" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis id="0EBCDA779F18BDBC412E5F324A668A55" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="5D4970A6CDF5E54EC98BE0A0DE55A9AB" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Typical habitat of Angolan Afroedura. A. Namba area (A. bogerti); B. Mt Sandula (Afroedura sp. 5); C. Serra da Neve (A. praedicta sp. nov.); D. Omauha Lodge (A. donveae sp. nov.); E. Farm Mucungo (A. vazpintorum sp. nov.); F. Bimbe (A. vazpintorum sp. nov.). Photos: A. Javier Lobon-Rovira; B, D, E. William R. Branch; C. Pedro Vaz Pinto; F. Ninda L. Baptista." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.57202.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/496673" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">4D</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
One or two elongated white eggs were laid on limestone rock, to which they adhere in captivity; eggs measure 12.9-14.7 mm (mean 13.8 mm)
<normalizedToken id="9D54EBA3F20007942B3B73A972CCDDCB" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
10.5-12.1 mm (mean 11.6 mm) (n = 5) and hatch after 88-92 days, with hatchlings measuring 30.2-30.9 mm SVL and 26.5-27.9 mm tail length (n = 5) (Barts and Haacke 2010). A rupicolous species living in crevices between rocks and under flakes of exfoliating rock amongst larger granite boulders, at elevations of 340-355 m a.s.l. in the arid Namib Desert. It appears to be associated with large granite outcrops in semi-desert shrublands, along the drier fringes of the Pro-Namib. Vegetation includes
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<emphasis id="311F654644CDD1143B888BD99E1788D0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Senegalia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="2084BE5C61CD4DAD70D06A82BF9A00F8" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5891B47B5FF8B7D5F0B75167B795C46D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
)
<emphasis id="87E4FD5AC5FBB099938ECCD8F0882AC2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">mellifera</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="7E52A4FEC15F71832D85DCA5EB0D165F" authorityName="Rafinesque" authorityYear="1838" class="Equisetopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Senegalia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Senegalia" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0C4F44719C7D959E1D0C610C7F71ADB5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Senegalia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.,
<taxonomicName id="78E67822E2A6E4C88BCF52E66A8E0D83" authorityName="N.J.Jacquin" authorityYear="1797" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Burseraceae" genus="Commiphora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Commiphora" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5690A56C99663614248E3BB99B59E693" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Commiphora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.,
<taxonomicName id="4CC0B373DDD1095FA58F21BD89B15C14" authorityName="Schinz" authorityYear="1888" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Capparaceae" genus="Boscia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,IPNI" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Boscia foetida" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="foetida">
<emphasis id="DFF1E52B67BCF1A740D1935476A75DB2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Boscia foetida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="BAC724853CE5F80860CC25B205603F31" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Salvadora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Salvadora persica" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="persica">
<emphasis id="B4AC937885FEF8D13127C4E82D76D02F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Salvadora persica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A1FDE80098F3B26FA0F4C2C3FE3B0E58" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="96650532105741DFB96FE4D73647393D" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Distribution and conservation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5365C183B795487832D71C20A5227541" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
Currently known only from the south-western parts of Namibe Province in Angola, in granite formations around Tambor and on the right bank of the mid-Curoca River (Fig.
<figureCitation id="94BED8341C83D3D7AD01DD57757C66DA" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Digital elevation map showing the predicted distribution of the five newly-recognised species of Afroedura occurring in Angola (data for A. wulfhaackei sp. nov. also contain the morphologically-indistinguishable Afroedura sp. 5 - 7 clades). Confirmed locality records are indicated by solid circles, with type localities indicated by stars. Coloured polygons indicate potential distribution areas with more than 90 % of climatic habitat suitability." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.57202.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/496670" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">1</figureCitation>
). The species remains poorly known, but it is probably stable in numbers as the local habitat is currently not threatened. It likely occurs in Iona National Park.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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