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A)
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B129A109EBADFA8FE152FAF1" box="[151,312,1374,1396]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="488">Afroedura langi</emphasis>
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,
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,
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TM 81266, adult female, Farm Waterval 601LQ,
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, Waterberg District (2327DC), Limpopo Province, collectors N. H. G. Jacobsen & R. E. Newbery,
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TM 81267, 81269, 81273, Farm Fancy 556LQ, Waterberg District, Limpopo Province (2327DC), collectors N. H. G. Jacobsen & R. E. Newbery,
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. TM 81268, 81270, Farm Fourieskloof 557LQ, Waterberg District, Limpopo Province (2327DC), collector R. E. Newbery,
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; TM 81271–81272, same data as for
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B129A109EBFDF9A8E124F917" bold="true" box="[199,334,1657,1682]" pageId="37" pageNumber="488">Etymology.</emphasis>
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A small
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B129A109EA94F910E24AF95F" box="[430,544,1729,1754]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="488">Afroedura</emphasis>
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) differing from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: two pairs of enlarged subdigital lamellae per digit; tail moderately verticillate (semiverticillate) and flattened near base, with four subcaudal rows and 7 supracaudal rows per verticil; dorsal scales smooth, 92–99 scale rows at midbody; internasal scales absent; 4–7 precloacal pores in males.
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(based on
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TM 81266) Adult female, SVL 44.0 mm; TailL 53.0 mm; mass before preservation
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. A small to medium-sized, dorsoventrally depressed gecko. Head oval, neck thick, almost as wide as head. Rostral approximately 2.5 times wider than high; nostril pierced between rostral, first supralabial and three nasals; nasorostrals large and in contact behind rostral. Scales on snout rounded but not flattened, decreasing in size posteriorly to crown of head; 9–10 granular scales between nasals and eye and 18 from eye to ear; 3–4 supraciliary spines; supralabials 11. Mental longer than broad and not wedge-shaped; postmentals two; infralabials nine.
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New species in the
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group. (A)
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from Farm Fancy, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Photo Marius Burger). (B)
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<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B12AA10AE998F8E9E30CF8CB" box="[674,870,1848,1870]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="38" pageNumber="489" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pienaari" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12AA10AE998F8E9E30CF8CB" box="[674,870,1848,1870]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="489">Afroedura pienaari</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB12AA10AE856F8E9E3D7F8C8" box="[876,957,1848,1869]" pageId="38" pageNumber="489" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12AA10AE856F8E9E3D7F8C8" bold="true" box="[876,957,1848,1869]" pageId="38" pageNumber="489">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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from northern Kruger National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Photo N.H.G. Jacobsen). (C).
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<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B12AA10AE9F1F887E3FAF8E8" box="[715,912,1878,1901]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="38" pageNumber="489" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pienaari" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12AA10AE9F1F887E3FAF8E8" box="[715,912,1878,1901]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="489">Afroedura pienaari</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB12AA10AE8A2F886E381F8E9" box="[920,1003,1879,1900]" pageId="38" pageNumber="489" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12AA10AE8A2F886E381F8E9" bold="true" box="[920,1003,1879,1900]" pageId="38" pageNumber="489">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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from Farm Bristol, Waterpoort, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Photo N.H.G. Jacobsen).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12AA10AEBFDF863E17AF84E" bold="true" box="[199,272,1970,1995]" pageId="38" pageNumber="489">Color.</emphasis>
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Brown to pale brown above with 6–7 wavy dark brown to blackish crossbands extending from the occiput to the sacrum. Posterior margin of crossbands darker and with white spots in indentations. A vertebral row of white spots is most pronounced. Crown of head marbled with dark brown and a dark brown stripe extending from the nostril through the eye, merging into the occipital crossbar. Limbs striped with dark brown, with interstices spotted and a reticulate pattern on the thighs. Venter white to whitish pink. Tail with seven crossbands at regular intervals. Underside of tail brown with incomplete pale crossbars.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FC5536C3B12BA10BEBFDFEF6E0B6FE72" blockId="39.[151,1436,151,827]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BEBFDFEF6E151FEC5" bold="true" box="[199,315,295,320]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Variation.</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="23518861B12BA10BEA73FEF9E1DCFEC5" box="[329,438,296,320]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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and other specimens agree with the
|
||
<typeStatus id="23518861B12BA10BE853FEF6E3A1FEC5" box="[873,971,295,320]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
in most features of scalation (
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||
<tableCitation id="B1680378B12BA10BEE09FEF6E5E5FEC5" box="[1331,1423,295,320]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="27.[125,205,605,626]" captionText="TABLE 4. variatiοn in key mοrphοlοgical characters in Limpοpο and Mpumalanga Prοvinces Afroedura including, fοr cοmparative purpοses, values fοr A. pondolia and A. major. Fοr size" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Table 4</tableCitation>
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||
). Scales from eye to ear 16–18. Mental in some specimens only as long as wide. Supralabials 8–11. Infralabials 7–9. Midbody scale rows 92–99. Eight enlarged inferomedian scales under 4th toe in TM 81272. Precloacal pores in males in continuous series of 4–7. 0–3 postcloacal spurs on either side of tail base. Original tails 50.0–56.4% of total length. Supracaudal scales in 6–7 (rarely 8) rows per tail whorl. 33% of specimens have regenerated tails (n=6).
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="B4F06548B12BA10BEBFDFDD3E14DFD2E" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B12BA10BEBFDFDD3E410FD9E" blockId="39.[151,1436,151,827]" box="[199,1146,514,539]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">
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||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BEBFDFDD3E10AFD9E" bold="true" box="[199,352,514,539]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Endemic to the western Waterberg massif, Limpopo Province (
|
||
<figureCitation id="64D12A46B12BA10BEF12FDD3E406FD9E" box="[1064,1132,514,539]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1208,1230]" captionTargetBox="[182,1404,196,1182]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[178,1409,193,1187]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 6. Map of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa and adjacent regions showing the distributions of previously described species of Afroedura endemic to this region and known localities of the nine new species described in this paper. For previously recognized forms an approximate outline of the range based on Bates et al. (2014) is shown; genetically sampled localities are marked by circles in Figure 4. For new species all known localities are plotted as dots (see relevant species accounts), with genetically sampled site marked by circles with a a red center, type locality marked by a star, and all other localities indicated by open circles colored to correspond to the key in the figure. The very restricted distributions of A. maripi sp. nov., A. rondavelica sp. nov., and A. rupestris sp. nov. are indicated by arrows and are labeled directly on the map." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/250501/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B12BA10BEBFDFDF7E14DFD2E" blockId="39.[151,1436,151,827]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BEBFDFDF7E1EFFDBA" bold="true" box="[199,389,550,575]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Natural history.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B12BA10BEAB6FDF7E2C5FDBA" box="[396,687,550,575]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="waterbergensis" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BEAB6FDF7E2C5FDBA" box="[396,687,550,575]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Afroedura waterbergensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB12BA10BE98DFDF7E37BFDBA" box="[695,785,550,575]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BE98DFDF7E37BFDBA" bold="true" box="[695,785,550,575]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is a rupicolous gecko found in crevices between rocks on rocky outcrops and cliff faces of Waterberg sandstone. It inhabits both vertical and horizontal dry crevices. It has only been observed in Waterberg Mountain Bushveld (SVcb 17) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="987B4B32B12BA10BE8BDFDBFE4AEFD02" author="Mucina" box="[903,1220,622,647]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" refString="Mucina, L. & Rutherford, M. C. (2006) The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia, 19. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 807 pp." type="book" year="2006">Mucina & Rutherford 2006</bibRefCitation>
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||
) at an elevation of
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B12BA10BEBADFD42E086FD2F" box="[151,236,659,683]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="B4F06548B12BA10BEBFDFD67E181FCBE" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B12BA10BEBFDFD67E181FCBE" blockId="39.[151,1436,151,827]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BEBFDFD67E151FD4A" bold="true" box="[199,315,694,719]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B12BA10BEA78FD67E20FFD4A" box="[322,613,694,719]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="waterbergensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BEA78FD67E20FFD4A" box="[322,613,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Afroedura waterbergensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB12BA10BE956FD67E2AFFD4A" box="[620,709,694,719]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BE956FD67E2AFFD4A" bold="true" box="[620,709,694,719]" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is the westernmost member of its genus in Limpopo Province. It may be more widespread along the Waterberg than the current records indicate. It is a member of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B12BA10BEE7AFD0AE5F6FD76" box="[1344,1436,730,755]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="490" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="langi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B12BA10BEE7AFD0AE5F6FD76" box="[1344,1436,730,755]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">A. langi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex and may be easily distinguished from all other members of this clade on the basis of its low number of precloacal pores (see
|
||
<tableCitation id="B1680378B12BA10BEAB3FCF3E1B4FCBE" box="[393,478,802,827]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="27.[125,205,605,626]" captionText="TABLE 4. variatiοn in key mοrphοlοgical characters in Limpοpο and Mpumalanga Prοvinces Afroedura including, fοr cοmparative purpοses, values fοr A. pondolia and A. major. Fοr size" pageId="39" pageNumber="490">Table 4</tableCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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