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is known from the northern Albertine Rift in the Lendu Plateau of
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and several highlands of
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, and it is the sister taxon to
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in clade (B1), from which it differs by
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. 6.07% for the
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mitochondrial gene (Table 2) and a lack of nuclear haplotype sharing in
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(
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). The new species differs from
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and
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by
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. 12.49% and 10.45%, respectively, for the
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(uncorrected p-distance) mitochondrial gene (Table 2) and a lack of nuclear haplotype sharing in
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(
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).
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:
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(
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,
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, and
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):
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(
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,
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(
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,
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by
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FF434412FF69FB34" bold="true" box="[129,229,1128,1152]" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">Figure 18.</emphasis>
Specimens of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FEAF441DFDBCFBCB" bold="true" box="[365,560,1127,1151]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">Lygodactylus kibera</emphasis>
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in life or freshly euthanized from (A) Mpishi (holotype: UTEP 22566), near Kibira National Park, Bubanza Province, Burundi, (B) N'Komo River (UTEP 22586), South Kivu Province, DRC, and (C) Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie Province (UTEP 22576), Burundi. Photo of habitat at (D) Mpishi, Bubanza Province, Burundi. Photographs by E.G. (AC) and C.K. (D).
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Diagnosis:
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FF3445A5FE63FA43" bold="true" box="[246,495,1503,1527]" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">Lygodactylus karamoja</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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is the sister taxon of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FF594585FF75F9A3" bold="true" box="[155,249,1535,1559]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. kibera</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
that is also a large-sized
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FD8B4585FD44F9A3" box="[585,712,1535,1559]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">Lygodactylus</emphasis>
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[maximum
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(mean 34.4 ±
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)] and shares the gular patterning of the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FEBE4644FE79F9E2" box="[380,501,1598,1622]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
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subgroup. Seven to eight supralabials and 57 infralabials. Dorsal pholidosis with granular scales that become flattened, larger, and imbricate on original tails. Large triangular mental followed by usually two (or occasionally three) symmetric postmental scales (Supporting Information,
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). Ventral pholidosis with large, flattened, and imbricate scales. Ventral scales usually denticulated posteriorly. Six terminal scansors on the tail tip. Digits elongated with five terminal scansors on the fourth toe (
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).
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Like other
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FEDF4722FE10F8C4" box="[285,412,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">Lygodactylus</emphasis>
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within the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FDE84722FD09F8C4" box="[554,645,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">gutturalis</emphasis>
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group, this species can be easily differentiated from members of the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FD374702FF57F81A" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. angularis</emphasis>
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group by its characteristic
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FE3547EDFE72F81A" box="[503,510,1943,1966]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">-</emphasis>
shaped gular chevrons (vs. V-shaped gular chevrons in
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FB9A457EFB40FAAF" box="[1112,1228,1283,1307]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. angularis</emphasis>
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group), and from other members of the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FC27455EFBEEFA8F" box="[997,1122,1316,1339]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. picturatus</emphasis>
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group based on dorsal coloration (light brown with five or six laterodorsal cream ocelli vs. usually blueish dorsum with yellow to white head in
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FB3A4518FAFEFACD" box="[1272,1394,1378,1401]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. picturatus</emphasis>
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group).
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FC9745FAFB26FA2D" bold="true" box="[853,1194,1408,1433]" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FC9745FAFBC2FA2C" bold="true" box="[853,1102,1408,1432]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">Lygodactylus karamoja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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can be differentiated from other species within the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FB8D45DAFB26FA0C" box="[1103,1194,1440,1464]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">gutturalis</emphasis>
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subgroup by only minor morphometric and meristic data, reflecting its cryptic nature. However, we provide some characters that are putatively diagnostic.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FC404584FBF5F9A2" bold="true" box="[898,1145,1534,1558]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">Lygodactylus karamoja</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FA904585FA4EF9A2" box="[1362,1474,1534,1558]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
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vs.
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); fewer precloacal pores (8 vs. 9); nostril not in contact with rostral scale (vs. nostril contacting rostral); and lower number of ventral scales across the body (1618 vs.
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). It can be easily distinguished from
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<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFC9FFE1FB9D46E1FB32F906" authorityName="Lobón-Rovira &amp; Bauer &amp; Pinto &amp; Trape &amp; Conradie &amp; Kusamba &amp; Júlio &amp; Cael &amp; Stanley &amp; Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Masudi &amp; Pauwels &amp; Greenbaum" authorityYear="2024" box="[1119,1214,1690,1714]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="477" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kibera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FB9D46E1FB32F906" bold="true" box="[1119,1214,1690,1714]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. kibera</emphasis>
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by the gular pattern that comprises two or three thinner
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FB3846C0FA87F966" bold="true" box="[1274,1291,1722,1746]" pageId="30" pageNumber="477"></emphasis>
-shaped chevrons that never extend beyond the posterior part of the lower jaw vs. three thick
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FC6E4683FC31F8A5" bold="true" box="[940,957,1785,1809]" pageId="30" pageNumber="477"></emphasis>
-shaped chevrons reaching the chest; there are usually two symmetrical postmental scales vs. usually three smaller postmental scales; and a proportionally smaller orbital diameter (
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/HL 0.190.23 vs.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FB7F472DFAF4F8DB" bold="true" box="[1213,1400,1878,1903]" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FB7F472DFA91F8DA" bold="true" box="[1213,1309,1878,1902]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. kibera</emphasis>
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). Also,
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FCFB470CFB95F83A" bold="true" box="[825,1049,1910,1934]" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FCFB470CFC31F83A" bold="true" box="[825,957,1910,1934]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. karamoja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
can be differentiated in the same way as
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FCFB47ECFC22F819" box="[825,942,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC9FFE1FC2F47ECFBEDF819" box="[1005,1121,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="477">L. depressus</emphasis>
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, based on gular patterning (always two or three
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-shaped chevrons vs. one
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-shaped followed by one posterior central mark).
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC8FFE0FFB34093FF6DFEB5" box="[113,225,233,257]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="478">Etymology:</emphasis>
The name
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC8FFE0FEAB4093FE4BFEB5" box="[361,455,233,257]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="478">karamoja</emphasis>
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is a noun in apposition and refers to the Karamoja region in north-eastern
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where many individuals of this species have been found. The species is named in honour of this arid region, which is occupied by the Karamojong people who are mostly nomadic pastoralists related to the Maasai in
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.
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Description of the
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</emphasis>
(
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): Measurements and meristic characters of the
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are presented in Supporting Information, Table S8. Adult male, with a snoutvent length (
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) of
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and an original tail length slightly larger (TL =
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). Body slender, nape moderately distinct. Head as broad as body and moderate head length (
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/HL 0.72). Canthus rostralis not prominent. Eye diameter
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with circular pupil. Ear to eye distance twice the orbital diameter (
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). Snout rounded and slightly pointed. Granular scales on frontal area larger than occipital scales, with 22 small granular scales between the eyes. Dorsal scales granular from rostral to tail. Rostral undivided, in contact with 1st supralabial, prenasals, and one large internasal scale. Eight supralabials and 56 infralabials. Prenasal scale present and in contact with 1st supralabial. Nostril circular, bordered by 1st supralabial, prenasal, and one supranasal. Postnasal not contacting nostril, separated by 1st supralabial, which it contacts posteriorly. Four rows of scales between supralabials and orbit. Mental large, triangular, and rounded, bordered posteriorly by two large rounded symmetric postmental scales. Six asymmetrical post-postmental scales. Gular scales granular, rounded, and slightly smaller than ventral scales. Ventral scales imbricate, rounded, and larger than dorsal scales, with 16 scales rows across the venter. Body relatively robust and slightly elongated (
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/
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0.42). Tail with 34 enlarged transverse scales and six pairs of terminal scansors at the tip. Eight precloacal pores. Fore- and hind limbs moderately short, stout; forearm medium-sized (
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/
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0.16); tibia short (CL/
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0.17). Digits elongated and unwebbed with 56 terminal scansors. Thumb rudimentary with a small terminal claw. Relative length of digits: I &lt;II =
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&lt;III &lt;IV (manus); I &lt;II &lt;
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&lt;III &lt;IV (pes).
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC8FFE0FCE842A4FC60FD42" box="[810,1004,734,758]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="478">Coloration: In life</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="1321A4C6FFC8FFE0FBC142A4FBC2FD42" box="[1027,1102,734,758]" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="32.[128,193,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[129,1473,449,1870]" captionTargetId="figure-170@32.[129,1473,449,1870]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="Figure 20. Specimens of L. karamoja sp. nov. in life from (AB) Agoro Town (holotype: UTEP 22590), Imatong Foothills and (DE) Nakapiripirit (UTEP 22594), Mount Kadam, Northern Region, Uganda.Photo of habitat at (C) Imatong Foothills, and (F) Mount Kadam, Northern Region, Uganda. Photographs by D.F.H." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13302907" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13302907/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="478">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
), dorsal coloration from light to dark brown to greyish or almost black (
<figureCitation id="1321A4C6FFC8FFE0FB0B4287FAAFFCA1" box="[1225,1315,765,789]" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="32.[128,193,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[129,1473,449,1870]" captionTargetId="figure-170@32.[129,1473,449,1870]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="Figure 20. Specimens of L. karamoja sp. nov. in life from (AB) Agoro Town (holotype: UTEP 22590), Imatong Foothills and (DE) Nakapiripirit (UTEP 22594), Mount Kadam, Northern Region, Uganda.Photo of habitat at (C) Imatong Foothills, and (F) Mount Kadam, Northern Region, Uganda. Photographs by D.F.H." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13302907" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13302907/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="478">Fig. 20D</figureCitation>
), with lighter cream-beige lines with five or six lighter cream dots surrounded by black flanks. Some specimens have lighter cream-beige dots along the vertebral line, giving them a granitic appearance (
<figureCitation id="1321A4C6FFF7FFDFFD2140EAFF27FF73" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="32.[128,193,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[129,1473,449,1870]" captionTargetId="figure-170@32.[129,1473,449,1870]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="Figure 20. Specimens of L. karamoja sp. nov. in life from (AB) Agoro Town (holotype: UTEP 22590), Imatong Foothills and (DE) Nakapiripirit (UTEP 22594), Mount Kadam, Northern Region, Uganda.Photo of habitat at (C) Imatong Foothills, and (F) Mount Kadam, Northern Region, Uganda. Photographs by D.F.H." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13302907" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13302907/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">Fig. 20A</figureCitation>
). Black line from nostril to the anterior insertion of the forelimb. Gular region white and two or three black,
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFDAE40B5FDF1FF53" bold="true" box="[620,637,207,231]" pageId="32" pageNumber="479"></emphasis>
-shaped chevrons. Venter uniformly orange or white. Tip of tail and digits dark brown.
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFF124174FED2FE91" box="[208,350,270,293]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">In preservative</emphasis>
(
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;
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): dorsum dark brown and venter with uniform light cream coloration.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC8FFE0FFB14710FF54F837" bold="true" box="[115,216,1898,1923]" pageId="31" pageNumber="478">Figure 19.</emphasis>
Holotype of
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC8FFE0FE964711FD96F837" bold="true" box="[340,538,1898,1923]" pageId="31" pageNumber="478">
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC8FFE0FE964711FE40F836" bold="true" box="[340,460,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="478">L. karamoja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(UTEP 22590) from Agoro Town, Imatong Foothills, Northern Region, Uganda. A, Dorsal and ventral view of body, (B) details of cloacal section, (C) regenerated tail tip, and (D) left pes. E, Detailed view of head in dorsal, ventral, and lateral views (from top to bottom). Photos by J.L.R.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFF43411DFF68FECA" box="[129,228,359,382]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">Variation:</emphasis>
The meristic and morphometric data are summarized in Supporting Information, Table S8. Coloration of this species seems to be consistent, with gular coloration slightly lighter in females. Number and shape of postmentals and internasals vary between specimens (Supporting Information,
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA5B843FFF7FFDEFCFB4172FE7BFE91" blockId="32.[825,1474,263,414]" lastBlockId="33.[113,762,144,293]" lastPageId="33" lastPageNumber="480" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFCFB4172FBA1FE94" box="[825,1069,264,288]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">Habitat and distribution</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="1321A4C6FFF7FFDFFB8A4172FB0BFE94" box="[1096,1159,264,288]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="17.[113,178,866,890]" captionTargetBox="[117,1454,147,835]" captionTargetId="figure-489@17.[114,1458,144,838]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figure 6. Geographical distribution of the L.gutturalis complex in Africa, on a hybrid map of the major vegetation divisions (Sayre et al. 2013) and 1 arc-second elevation map across tropical Africa (NASA 2000). Different colours depict records of different species within the L. gutturalis subgroup; see inset for explanations of symbols.White circles denote records of L. cf. gutturalis that cannot be assigned to any of the nominate taxa. Black stars represent the type localities of each nominate taxon within the L. picturatus subgroup (1 L. picturatus, 1S L. picturatus sudanensis, 1U L. picturatus ukerewensis, 2 L. inexpectatus, 3 L. keniensis, 4 L. kimhowelli, 5 L. manni, 6 L. mombasicus, 7 L. scorteccii, 8 L. tsavoensis, 9 L. wojnowskii, 10 L. williamsi)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13302854" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13302854/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">Figs 6</figureCitation>
,
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFB6C4172FA4EFEAB" box="[1198,1474,263,287]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">
):
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFB0B417DFA4EFEAB" bold="true" box="[1225,1474,263,287]" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">Lygodactylus karamoja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF7FFDFFCFB415DFC1CFE8B" box="[825,912,295,319]" pageId="32" pageNumber="479" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
has been recorded from mid-elevation savannahs of the northern Albertine Rift to the Karamoja Region, eastern
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, an arid area characterized by mostly woodland savannah habitat with several isolated mountain ranges. This suggests that specimens from western
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and southern
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also belong to this species. If confirmed, this species would have a distribution that is similar to the lacertid
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF6FFDEFD9740B5FE0CFEB2" authority="(Greenbaum et al. 2018)" baseAuthorityName="Greenbaum" baseAuthorityYear="2018" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Adolfus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="33" pageNumber="480" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF6FFDEFD9740B5FD76FF53" box="[597,762,207,231]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="480">Adolfus jacksoni</emphasis>
(Greenbaum
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF6FFDEFEC34095FEBAFEB2" box="[257,310,238,262]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="480">et al.</emphasis>
2018)
</taxonomicName>
. However, we recommend caution until molecular data become available.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFF424710FF69F837" bold="true" box="[128,229,1898,1923]" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">Figure 20.</emphasis>
Specimens of
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFEAE4711FDBFF837" bold="true" box="[364,563,1898,1923]" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF7FFDFFEAE4711FE68F836" bold="true" box="[364,484,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="479">L. karamoja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
in life from (AB) Agoro Town (holotype: UTEP 22590), Imatong Foothills and (DE) Nakapiripirit (UTEP 22594), Mount Kadam, Northern Region, Uganda. Photo of habitat at (C) Imatong Foothills, and (F) Mount Kadam, Northern Region, Uganda. Photographs by D.F.H.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C300EBC8FFF6FFDEFFB3413DFD56FE68" pageId="33" pageNumber="480" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BA5B843FFF6FFDEFFB3413DFD56FE68" blockId="33.[113,762,327,476]" pageId="33" pageNumber="480">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF6FFDEFFB3413DFE9DFEEA" box="[113,273,327,351]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="480">Natural history:</emphasis>
A diurnal and arboreal species that is always found on trees.
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22592, a gravid female, was found in July on a tree at night.
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2259394 were found during the day on trees trunks
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above ground in an open clearing of grass and rocky outcrops that were surrounded by dry forest (
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