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).
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(
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(
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,
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on
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by
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,
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M.
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,
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M.
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), adult male, collected at
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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on
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(formerly under
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), male and female, respectively, collected at
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, bifurcation de la rivière
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, affluent de la rive droite
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,
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,
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,
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a.s.l.
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on
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;
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under
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),
<specimenCount id="9D1C73CAFFF3FFDBFB4E4252FB79FD8B" box="[1164,1269,551,575]" count="2" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="male">two males</specimenCount>
and
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, respectively, collected at
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, bifurcation de la rivière
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFAB2423CFA33FDEA" box="[1392,1471,582,606]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Lupiala</collectorName>
, affluent de la rive droite
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFBEC421CFB2FFDCA" box="[1070,1187,614,638]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">de la Lufira</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFB69421CFAA6FDC9" box="[1195,1322,614,638]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Upemba NP</collectorName>
,
<location id="8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFAF1421CFC19FD29" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B30955FFF3FFD9FF3444C6FC56F8A3:8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFAF1421CFC19FD29" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" name="Haut-Katanga Province" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Haut-Katanga Province</location>
,
<collectingCountry id="F30DF8D3FFF3FFDBFC6242FFFC54FD29" box="[928,984,645,669]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">DRC</collectingCountry>
,
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<quantity id="4CE215A6FFF3FFDBFC2042FFFBA9FD29" box="[994,1061,645,669]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.9" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" unit="m" value="890.0">890 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
on
<date id="FFA49E83FFF3FFDBFBBD42FFFABEFD29" box="[1151,1330,645,670]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1947-05-28" valueMax="1947-05-31" valueMin="1947-05-28">
<collectingDate id="EFE0676BFFF3FFDBFBBD42FFFABEFD29" box="[1151,1330,645,670]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1947-05-28" valueMax="1947-05-31" valueMin="1947-05-28">2831 May 1947</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
;
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<specimenCode id="DBBC1038FFF3FFDBFAFF42FFFA4EFD29" box="[1341,1474,645,669]" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RBINS 2728</specimenCode>
(formerly under
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), collected at
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, région du cours inférieur
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, affluent de la rive droite
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFCFB4299FC3CFD4F" box="[825,944,739,763]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">de la Lufira</collectorName>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="6BC12239FFF3FFDBFC7B4299FB9DFD4F" box="[953,1041,739,763]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Upemba</collectingMunicipality>
NP,
<location id="8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFB81429EFAB9FD4F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B30955FFF3FFD9FF3444C6FC56F8A3:8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFB81429EFAB9FD4F" box="[1091,1333,739,764]" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" municipality="Upemba" name="Haut-Katanga Province" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Haut-Katanga Province</location>
,
<collectingCountry id="F30DF8D3FFF3FFDBFAFD4299FAFBFD4F" box="[1343,1399,739,763]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">DRC</collectingCountry>
,
<elevation id="00375F70FFF3FFDBFA424299FCE9FCAE" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" unit="m" value="700.0">
<quantity id="4CE215A6FFF3FFDBFA424299FA4FFD4F" box="[1408,1475,739,763]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" unit="m" value="700.0">700 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
on
<date id="FFA49E83FFF3FFDBFC484379FBBFFCAF" box="[906,1075,771,795]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1949-01-31">
<collectingDate id="EFE0676BFFF3FFDBFC484379FBBFFCAF" box="[906,1075,771,795]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1949-01-31">31 January 1949</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
. All
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material from
<materialsCitation id="3B72B21EFFF3FFDBFA8E4379FB5CFCED" collectionCode="RBINS" collectorName="G. - F. de Witte" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" location="Katanga region" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Katanga" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectionCode id="ED0B2086FFF3FFDBFA8E4379FA1BFCAF" box="[1356,1431,771,795]" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RBINS</collectionCode>
was collected by
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFC784358FBC6FC8E" box="[954,1098,802,826]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">G.-F. de Witte</collectorName>
during his expeditions in the former
<collectingRegion id="49DE76A1FFF3FFDBFCFB4338FC58FCED" box="[825,980,833,858]" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" name="Katanga" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Katanga region</collectingRegion>
between 1946 and 1949
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA5B843FFF3FFDBFCFB4300FA03FB39" blockId="36.[825,1475,890,1165]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFCFB4300FC73FC26" box="[825,1023,890,914]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Additional material:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B72B21EFFF3FFDBFBCB4301FC1AFC65" collectingDate="1932-09" collectionCode="RMCA, R" collectorName="G. F. Overlaet" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" location="Kapanga" municipality="Haut-Katanga Province" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" specimenCount="1">
<collectionCode id="ED0B2086FFF3FFDBFBCB4301FBD9FC27" box="[1033,1109,891,915]" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ee3x-fpgk" name="Royal Museum for Central Africa" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RMCA</collectionCode>
<collectionCode id="ED0B2086FFF3FFDBFB9B4301FBE0FC27" box="[1113,1132,891,915]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">R</collectionCode>
.8933, male, collected at
<location id="8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFAA14301FA33FC27" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B30955FFF3FFD9FF3444C6FC56F8A3:8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFAA14301FA33FC27" box="[1379,1471,891,915]" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" municipality="Haut-Katanga Province" name="Kapanga" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Kapanga</location>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="6BC12239FFF3FFDBFCFB43E0FBBFFC06" box="[825,1075,922,946]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Haut-Katanga Province</collectingMunicipality>
,
<collectingCountry id="F30DF8D3FFF3FFDBFB8743E0FBF1FC06" box="[1093,1149,922,946]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">DRC</collectingCountry>
, in
<date id="FFA49E83FFF3FFDBFB7343E0FAEEFC06" box="[1201,1378,922,946]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1932-09">
<collectingDate id="EFE0676BFFF3FFDBFB7343E0FAEEFC06" box="[1201,1378,922,946]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1932-09">September 1932</collectingDate>
</date>
by
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFA5543E0FC1AFC65" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">G.F. Overlaet</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B72B21EFFF3FFDBFC6343C3FBDFFC65" box="[929,1107,953,977]" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" specimenCode="RBINS 6121" specimenCount="1">
<specimenCode id="DBBC1038FFF3FFDBFC6343C3FBAAFC65" box="[929,1062,953,977]" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RBINS 6121</specimenCode>
and
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B72B21EFFF3FFDBFB9843C3FC35FC44" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" specimenCode="RBINS 20749, RBINS 6121" specimenCount="1">
<specimenCode id="DBBC1038FFF3FFDBFB9843C3FB60FC65" box="[1114,1260,953,977]" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RBINS 20749</specimenCode>
(formerly in
<specimenCode id="DBBC1038FFF3FFDBFAB543C3FCE1FC44" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RBINS 6121</specimenCode>
series)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B72B21EFFF3FFDBFC0143A2FA32FB9B" collectingDate="1945-07-25" collectingDateMax="1945-07-27" collectingDateMin="1945-07-25" collectorName="de la Grande Kafwe &amp; G. - F. de Witte" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" county="Haut-Katanga Province" location="Kambi" municipality="Upemba" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" specimenCount="1">
male and female, respectively, collected at
<location id="8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFAB543A2FA33FC44" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B30955FFF3FFD9FF3444C6FC56F8A3:8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFAB543A2FA33FC44" box="[1399,1471,984,1008]" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" county="Haut-Katanga Province" municipality="Upemba" name="Kambi" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Kambi</location>
, affluent
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFC4C4382FBD0FBA4" box="[910,1116,1016,1040]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">de la Grande Kafwe</collectorName>
(
<location id="8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFBA84382FB66FBA4" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B30955FFF3FFD9FF3444C6FC56F8A3:8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFBA84382FB66FBA4" box="[1130,1258,1016,1040]" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" county="Haut-Katanga Province" municipality="Upemba" name="Masombwe" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Masombwe</location>
),
<collectingMunicipality id="6BC12239FFF3FFDBFB394382FADFFBA4" box="[1275,1363,1016,1040]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Upemba</collectingMunicipality>
NP,
<collectingCounty id="62C4C0CFFFF3FFDBFA444382FC63FB9B" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Haut-Katanga Province</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingCountry id="F30DF8D3FFF3FFDBFC3B446DFBBDFB9B" box="[1017,1073,1047,1071]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">DRC</collectingCountry>
, on
<date id="FFA49E83FFF3FFDBFB9E446DFA8AFB9B" box="[1116,1286,1047,1071]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1945-07-25" valueMax="1945-07-27" valueMin="1945-07-25">
<collectingDate id="EFE0676BFFF3FFDBFB9E446DFA8AFB9B" box="[1116,1286,1047,1071]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1945-07-25" valueMax="1945-07-27" valueMin="1945-07-25">2527 July 1945</collectingDate>
</date>
by
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFAE9446DFA32FB9B" box="[1323,1470,1047,1071]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">G.-F. de Witte</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B72B21EFFF3FFDBFCFB444CFB82FBFA" box="[825,1038,1078,1102]" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" specimenCode="RBINS 6139" specimenCount="1">
<specimenCode id="DBBC1038FFF3FFDBFCFB444CFC4CFBFA" box="[825,960,1078,1102]" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RBINS 6139</specimenCode>
(male)
</materialsCitation>
and
<materialsCitation id="3B72B21EFFF3FFDBFB84444CFB82FBDA" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" specimenCode="RBINS 20748, RBINS 6139" specimenCount="1">
<specimenCode id="DBBC1038FFF3FFDBFB84444CFB56FBFA" box="[1094,1242,1078,1102]" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RBINS 20748</specimenCode>
(female) (formerly in
<specimenCode id="DBBC1038FFF3FFDBFCFB442CFC4DFBDA" box="[825,961,1110,1134]" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" type="Museum">RBINS 6139</specimenCode>
series)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B72B21EFFF3FFDBFBDE442CFA07FB39" collectingDate="1945-08" collectorName="Upemba NP &amp; G. - F. de Witte" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" location="Mabwe" municipality="Haut-Lomami Province" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" specimenCount="1">
collected at
<location id="8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFB5F442CFB66FBDA" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B30955FFF3FFD9FF3444C6FC56F8A3:8EC5EE98FFF3FFDBFB5F442CFB66FBDA" box="[1181,1258,1110,1134]" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" municipality="Haut-Lomami Province" name="Mabwe" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Mabwe</location>
,
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFB34442CFAF6FBD9" box="[1270,1402,1110,1134]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Upemba NP</collectorName>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="6BC12239FFF3FFDBFA44442CFC7EFB39" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Haut-Lomami Province</collectingMunicipality>
,
<collectingCountry id="F30DF8D3FFF3FFDBFC39440FFBBFFB39" box="[1019,1075,1141,1165]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">DRC</collectingCountry>
, in
<date id="FFA49E83FFF3FFDBFB97440FFB5BFB39" box="[1109,1239,1141,1165]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1945-08">
<collectingDate id="EFE0676BFFF3FFDBFB97440FFB5BFB39" box="[1109,1239,1141,1165]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" value="1945-08">August 1945</collectingDate>
</date>
by
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF3FFDBFB38440FFA07FB39" box="[1274,1419,1141,1165]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">G.-F. de Witte</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA5B843FFF3FFDBFCFB44D5FBC9FA16" blockId="36.[825,1475,1198,1974]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFCFB44D5FC13FB72" box="[825,927,1199,1222]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
A large
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFBC044D4FB0DFB72" box="[1026,1153,1198,1222]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFBC044D4FB0DFB72" box="[1026,1153,1198,1222]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Lygodactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[
<collectionCode id="ED0B2086FFF3FFDBFB4D44D4FB4DFB72" box="[1167,1217,1198,1222]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">SVL</collectionCode>
to
<quantity id="4CE215A6FFF3FFDBFB2744D4FACFFB72" box="[1253,1347,1198,1222]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9799999999999995" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" unit="mm" value="39.8">39.8 mm</quantity>
(mean 36.1 ±
<quantity id="4CE215A6FFF3FFDBFC8D44B4FC28FB52" box="[847,932,1230,1254]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" unit="mm" value="2.1">2.1 mm</quantity>
)] with 69 supralabials and 67 infralabials. As with other
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFCB84497FC75FAB1" box="[890,1017,1261,1285]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFCB84497FC75FAB1" box="[890,1017,1261,1285]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Lygodactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within the
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFBB94494FB78FAB1" box="[1147,1268,1261,1285]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gutturalis">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFBB94494FB78FAB1" box="[1147,1268,1261,1285]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, this species can be easily differentiated from the
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFB774577FAA0FA90" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1893" box="[1205,1324,1292,1316]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angularis">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFB774577FAA0FA90" box="[1205,1324,1292,1316]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. angularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group species by the gular ornamentation, dorsal pattern, and lack of terminal scansors on the tail tip, and from other members of the
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFCFB4511FC39FA36" baseAuthorityName="Lobon-Rovira and Bauer" baseAuthorityYear="2021" box="[825,949,1387,1410]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="picturatus">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFCFB4511FC39FA36" box="[825,949,1387,1410]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. picturatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group based on dorsal coloration and gular pattern (see
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFCAB45F0FC51FA16" box="[873,989,1418,1442]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gutturalis">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFCAB45F0FC51FA16" box="[873,989,1418,1442]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
account).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA5B843FFF3FFDAFC9745D2FF54FA5C" blockId="36.[825,1475,1198,1974]" lastBlockId="37.[113,763,1331,1512]" lastPageId="37" lastPageNumber="484" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFC9745D2FB13FA75" bold="true" box="[853,1183,1448,1473]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFC9745D2FBB1FA74" 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="[853,1085,1448,1472]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gamblei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFC9745D2FBB1FA74" bold="true" box="[853,1085,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Lygodactylus gamblei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFB8A45D3FB13FA75" box="[1096,1183,1449,1473]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be differentiated from other members within the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFB8145B3FB3AFA54" box="[1091,1206,1480,1504]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgroup by the following combination of characters: dorsal coloration lacking dorsolateral series of cream ocelli on flanks (present in
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFAEA4672FA12F9AB" box="[1320,1438,1543,1567]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFA6E467DFC71F98A" bold="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFA6E467DFC13F98A" 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" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="karamoja" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFA6E467DFC13F98A" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. karamoja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFC6A465CFC71F98A" box="[936,1021,1574,1598]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFBC9465DFB46F98A" bold="true" box="[1035,1226,1574,1598]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFBC9465DFBE1F98A" 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="[1035,1133,1574,1598]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kibera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFBC9465DFBE1F98A" bold="true" box="[1035,1133,1574,1598]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. kibera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFBB7465CFB46F98A" box="[1141,1226,1574,1598]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFAC5465DFAF7F98A" baseAuthorityName="Perret" baseAuthorityYear="1963" box="[1287,1403,1574,1598]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dysmicus">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFAC5465DFAF7F98A" box="[1287,1403,1574,1598]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), with two parallel dorsolateral lines from head to forelimbs, the lower line extending on to the anterior side of the forelimb, reaching the cubital fossa (
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); males usually with three
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFAA046FEFAFFF928" bold="true" box="[1378,1395,1668,1692]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483"></emphasis>
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFAB146FFFAF6F928" box="[1395,1402,1669,1692]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">-</emphasis>
shaped chevrons (vs. one or two in
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFB9546DEFB47F90F" authorityName=", Schmidt" authorityYear="1919" box="[1111,1227,1699,1723]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="depressus">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFB9546DEFB47F90F" box="[1111,1227,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. depressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; a broken chevron in
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFA6E46DEFB86F96F" bold="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFA6E46DEFC39F96E" 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" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leopardinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFA6E46DEFC39F96E" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. leopardinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
; and the exceptional inverted
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFAFA46BEFACBF96F" box="[1336,1351,1732,1755]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Y</emphasis>
-shaped pattern in
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFC474699FBF7F94E" bold="true" box="[901,1147,1762,1786]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFC474699FBADF94E" 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="[901,1057,1762,1786]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mirabundus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFC474699FBADF94E" bold="true" box="[901,1057,1762,1786]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. mirabundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFBEA4698FBF7F94E" box="[1064,1147,1762,1786]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) and thicker gular lines than
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFA6C4699FC18F8AD" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gutturalis">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFA6C4699FC18F8AD" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFC634778FB98F8AD" box="[929,1044,1793,1817]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFB8F4778FC65F88D" bold="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFB8F4778FB5CF8AD" 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="[1101,1232,1793,1817]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="karamoja" status="sp. nov">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFB8F4778FB5CF8AD" bold="true" box="[1101,1232,1793,1817]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. karamoja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFB154778FAA9F8AE" box="[1239,1317,1794,1818]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
..
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFAF5477BFC00F88C" 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" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gamblei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFAF5477BFC00F88C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Lygodactylus gamblei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFC56475BFC65F88D" box="[916,1001,1825,1849]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
always has three postmental scales, with the lateral pair separated by a posterior extension of the mental (
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). It can be differentiated from
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFB1D471AFA31F8CC" bold="true" box="[1247,1469,1887,1912]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFB1D471AFAEEF8C3" 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="[1247,1378,1887,1911]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="karamoja" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFB1D471AFAEEF8C3" bold="true" box="[1247,1378,1887,1911]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. karamoja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFAAB471AFA31F8CC" box="[1385,1469,1888,1912]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFCFB4705FC7CF823" bold="true" box="[825,1008,1918,1943]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFCFB4705FC14F822" 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="[825,920,1918,1942]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kibera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFCFB4705FC14F822" bold="true" box="[825,920,1918,1942]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. kibera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFC5C4705FC7CF823" box="[926,1008,1919,1943]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFBE54705FA9BF823" bold="true" box="[1063,1303,1918,1943]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF3FFDBFBE54705FB33F822" 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="[1063,1215,1918,1942]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leopardinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFBE54705FB33F822" bold="true" box="[1063,1215,1918,1942]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. leopardinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF3FFDBFB074705FA9BF823" box="[1221,1303,1919,1943]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
by having a proportionally larger tibia (CL/
<collectionCode id="ED0B2086FFF3FFDBFBA147E4FB1AF802" box="[1123,1174,1950,1974]" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">SVL</collectionCode>
≥ 0.19 vs. CL/
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≤ 0.17). As in its sister taxon
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFE8A454EFDB4FAF8" bold="true" box="[328,568,1331,1356]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF2FFDAFE8A454EFE6CFAFF" 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="[328,480,1331,1355]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leopardinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFE8A454EFE6CFAFF" bold="true" box="[328,480,1331,1355]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">L. leopardinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF2FFDAFE24454EFDB4FAF8" box="[486,568,1332,1356]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, females lack gular patterning (present in all the other members of the group,
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).
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFF704508FE61FA3E" bold="true" box="[178,493,1394,1418]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF2FFDAFF704508FE1AFA3E" 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="[178,406,1394,1418]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gamblei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFF704508FE1AFA3E" bold="true" box="[178,406,1394,1418]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">Lygodactylus gamblei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF2FFDAFE594508FE61FA3E" box="[411,493,1394,1418]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be differentiated from
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFFB345E8FEE8FA1E" bold="true" box="[113,356,1425,1450]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF2FFDAFFB345E8FE80FA1D" 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="[113,268,1425,1449]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mirabundus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFFB345E8FE80FA1D" bold="true" box="[113,268,1425,1449]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">L. mirabundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF2FFDAFED045E8FEE8FA1E" box="[274,356,1426,1450]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
by having a lower number of precloacal pores (79 vs. 10) and by subtle morphometric differences (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFFB344CEFF5AFB78" bold="true" box="[113,214,1204,1228]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">Figure 23.</emphasis>
AB, Holotype (UTEP 22577) and (CD) paratype (UTEP 22596) of
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFCBD44CEFBD6FB78" bold="true" box="[895,1114,1203,1228]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF2FFDAFCBD44CEFB87FB7F" 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="[895,1035,1203,1227]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leopardinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFCBD44CEFB87FB7F" bold="true" box="[895,1035,1203,1227]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">L. leopardinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25DD92AFFF2FFDAFBCD44CEFBD6FB78" box="[1039,1114,1204,1228]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in life and photo of habitat from (E) type locality at Balolombo Village, Busira River, Équateur Province, DRC. FG, Holotype (UTEP 22587) and (HI) paratype (UTEP 22584) of
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFF4B4496FEB3FAB0" bold="true" box="[137,319,1259,1284]" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFF2FFDAFF4B4496FF7CFAB7" 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="[137,240,1259,1283]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gamblei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFF4B4496FF7CFAB7" bold="true" box="[137,240,1259,1283]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">L. gamblei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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in life and photo of habitat from (J) type locality at Manono, Tanganyika Province, DRC. Photographs by E.G.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF2FFDAFFB34672FF6DF994" box="[113,225,1544,1568]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="484">Etymology:</emphasis>
We name this new species after the American evolutionary biologist and herpetologist Tony Gamble of Marquette University, in recognition of his substantial contributions to the evolutionary biology of geckos. The name is a patronym formed in the genitive case.
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Description of the
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(
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): Measurements and meristic characters of the
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are presented in Supporting Information, Table S10. Adult male, with a snoutvent length (
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) of 35.0 mm and a regenerated tail of 31.0 mm.Body slender and nape slightly distinct. Head slightly broader than body, and moderate head length (
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/HL 0.66). Canthus rostralis not prominent. Eye diameter
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with circular pupil. Ear to eye distance slightly larger than the orbit diameter (
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). Snout rounded and moderately pointed. Granular scale of frontal larger than occipital scales, with 25 small interorbital granular scales. Dorsal scales granular from rostral to tail. Rostral undivided, in narrow contact with nostril. Two small symmetrical internasals. Seven supralabials and six infralabials. Prenasal contacts the 1st supralabial. Nostril circular and surrounded by 1st supralabial, prenasal, one supranasal, and one postnasal. Four or five rows of scales between supralabials and the orbit. Mental large, triangular, and posteriorly in contact with three rounded symmetrical postmental scales. Mental scales extending between the lateral postmentals reaching ~50% of the medial surface suture of the postmentals. Five smaller post-postmental scales. Gular scales granular, rounded, and smaller than ventral scales. Ventrals imbricate, denticulate, and larger than dorsal scales, with 19 scale rows across the venter. Regenerated tail with 30 enlarged subcaudal scales, some fragmented. Body relatively robust and slightly elongated (
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/
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0.42). Eight precloacal pores. Fore- and hind limbs moderately short and stout; forearm of medium length (
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/
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0.16); tibia moderately long (CL/
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0.19). 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="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FF4344AAFF69FB5D" bold="true" box="[129,229,1232,1257]" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">Figure 24.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FEA344ABFE44FB5C" bold="true" box="[353,456,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">L. gamblei</emphasis>
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(UTEP 22587) from Manono, Tanganyika Province, DRC. A, Dorsal and ventral view of body. B, Details of the cloacal region. C, Detailed view of head in ventral, dorsal, and lateral views (from top to bottom). Photos by J.L.R.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FF4345F7FEA2FA11" box="[129,302,1421,1445]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">Coloration: In life</emphasis>
(
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), dorsal colour light brown to grey, with dark brown mottled pattern in the female; male with three rows of interrupted, but conspicuous black stripes on lateral surface from head to neck, converging at the anterior insertion of the forearm, giving the impression of a single large blotch; male and female with a black-brown line from snout to ear aperture; venter uniform orange-yellowish from posterior part of gular to cloaca, and cream to white elsewhere; gular immaculate white in female, and white in male with three thick and black
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FD7946F3FD4EF914" box="[699,706,1673,1696]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">-</emphasis>
shaped chevrons.
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(
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;
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): similar coloration as in life, slightly darker, with gular pattern more brownish.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FF43477BFF68F8AC" box="[129,228,1793,1816]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">Variation:</emphasis>
All
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largely agree with the
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, and their measurements are summarized in
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,
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10.
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specimen
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has a bold dorsal pattern from head to midbody.
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF1FFD9FE5C4724FE22F8C1" box="[414,430,1886,1909]" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">It</collectorName>
is worth noting that all the female specimens examined from
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF1FFD9FE5A4707FE72F821" box="[408,510,1917,1941]" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">de Wittes</collectorName>
(1953) expedition lack a gular pattern, in contradiction to
<collectorName id="26EFDD95FFF1FFD9FE1D47E6FDC9F800" box="[479,581,1948,1972]" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">de Wittes</collectorName>
(1953) statement.
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, we noted that some young male specimens were catalogued as females, which could have misled
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to this conclusion.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FCFB45D6FBA5FA70" box="[825,1065,1452,1476]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">Habitat and distribution</emphasis>
(
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,
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):
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FB7845D6FA12FA70" bold="true" box="[1210,1438,1452,1476]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">Lygodactylus gamblei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
is known from Manono, Upemba National Park, and other nearby areas in south-eastern
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. The species is associated with Miombo Woodland forest and gallery forest between 500 and ~
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a.s.l. This species is sympatric with
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FA834651FA29F9F6" box="[1345,1445,1578,1602]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">L. heeneni</emphasis>
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in this area.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF1FFD9FCFB46F8FC55F92E" box="[825,985,1666,1690]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="485">Natural history:</emphasis>
A diurnal and arboreal species. The
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(UTEP 22587) was collected active during the daytime with an air temperature of 45 °C and one of the
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(UTEP 22584) was found scampering around a tree close to the ground in an open area.
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