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: Chirio and LeBreton (2007).
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: Thys van den
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.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FF4244C9FF68FB7F" bold="true" box="[128,228,1203,1227]" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Figure 11.</emphasis>
Specimens of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FEAE44CEFE54FB7F" box="[364,472,1203,1227]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
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in life from (AC) Guinea Bissau and (DE) Senegal. Photos of habitat at (F) Sambatchur, Bafata Region, Guinea Bissau, (G) Kalan Kalan, Kankan Region, Guinea, (H) Guiguisso, Donga Department, Benin, (I) Nsonsomea, Sunyani Region, Ghana, and (J) Mlomp, Zinguinchor Region, Senegal. Photographs by J.F.T. (AC and FJ) and Alberto Sanchez-Vialas (DE).
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8BC5B2FFC1FFE9FF434534FE98FAD2" author="Perret JL" box="[129,276,1358,1382]" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" pagination="47 - 60" refId="ref36360" refString="Perret JL. Les Gekkonidae du Cameroun, avec la description de deux sous - especes nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1963; 70: 47 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 117919" type="journal article" year="1963">Perret (1963)</bibRefCitation>
described
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L. a.
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</emphasis>
from Foulassi, South Region,
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, as the western race of
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFC1FFE9FDF84514FD23FA31" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1893" box="[570,687,1389,1413]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angularis">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FDF84514FD23FA31" box="[570,687,1389,1413]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. angularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that differs from the nominotypical form by its gular ornamentation. However, Perret never compared this species to
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FDB445D7FD61FA70" box="[630,749,1452,1476]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in neighbouring areas. In 1991, Kluge considered
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FDA745B6FD63FA57" box="[613,751,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">
L. a.
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</emphasis>
as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FEDE4591FE1CF9B6" box="[284,400,1514,1538]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although he did not provide any justification. This taxonomic change was followed by other authors until Chirio and LeBreton (2007) considered
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FDA44650FD56F9F5" box="[614,730,1577,1601]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a full species in their
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FE8B4632FDFFF9D4" box="[329,627,1608,1632]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFC1FFE9FE8B4632FE65F9D4" authority="des reptiles" authorityName="des Reptiles" box="[329,489,1608,1632]" class="Reptilia" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Atlas" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="490" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Atlas des reptiles</taxonomicName>
du
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</emphasis>
again without justification. Until then, the only known record of this species was the
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; however, Chirio and LeBreton (2007) added a new photographic record from Nglochifen, West Region,
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, in their book. Herein, based on the osteological evidence mentioned above, and the presence of terminal scansors on the tail tip, which are absent in the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FDCB477FFDF1F8A8" box="[521,637,1796,1820]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. angularis</emphasis>
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group, we regard
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FF71475FFEA8F888" box="[179,292,1828,1852]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
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to be part of the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FE16475FFDC5F888" box="[468,585,1828,1852]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
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subgroup. Despite the lack of molecular data, distinctive morphology supports the validation of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FEF44719FE27F8CE" box="[310,427,1890,1914]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
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as a full species, as suggested by Chirio and LeBreton (2007) and
<bibRefCitation id="EF8BC5B2FFC1FFE9FE2647F8FDFEF82E" author="Kluge AG" box="[484,626,1922,1946]" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" pagination="1 - 35" refId="ref35045" refString="Kluge AG. Checklist of gekkonid lizards. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 1991; 85: 1 - 35. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 23317515.85.1" type="journal article" year="1991">Kluge (1991)</bibRefCitation>
. Based on the detailed description provided by
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, we provide only a diagnosis and comparison with
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FB024535FADBFAD2" box="[1216,1367,1358,1382]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFC1FFE9FB024535FAB9FAD2" box="[1216,1333,1358,1382]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gutturalis">L. gutturalis</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
and the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FA6C4535FC1FFA31" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. angularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C300EBC8FFC1FFE9FCFB45D6FBCDF996" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BA5B843FFC1FFE9FCFB45D6FBCDF996" blockId="22.[825,1474,1452,1570]" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FCFB45D6FC15FA70" box="[825,921,1452,1476]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">
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:
</emphasis>
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, adult male, collected from forest at
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,
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,
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(~
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), at the north-west limit of the Congo Basin. Specimen fixed in formalin, now preserved in ethanol.
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<subSubSection id="C300EBC8FFC1FFE8FCFB4630FE23F987" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="470" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FCFB4630FC15F9D5" box="[825,921,1610,1633]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Diagnosis</emphasis>
(
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): As noted by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8BC5B2FFC1FFE9FB6A4630FAB0F9D6" author="Perret JL" box="[1192,1340,1610,1634]" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" pagination="47 - 60" refId="ref36360" refString="Perret JL. Les Gekkonidae du Cameroun, avec la description de deux sous - especes nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1963; 70: 47 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 117919" type="journal article" year="1963">Perret (1963)</bibRefCitation>
, the species differs from the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FC2B4610FBEDF935" box="[1001,1121,1641,1665]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. angularis</emphasis>
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group mainly by the gular ornamentation, which consists of two
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-shaped chevrons, one within the other, and a central mark vs. two
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-shaped marks or broken pattern (in
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FC3D46B2FBEFF96B" box="[1023,1123,1735,1759]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. heeneni</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FB5A46B2FAAFF96B" box="[1176,1315,1735,1759]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. paurospilus</emphasis>
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) chevrons that converge posteriorly. It also differs from the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FADD469CFAF6F94A" box="[1311,1402,1766,1790]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">angularis</emphasis>
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group by having a reduced, almost vestigial postorbitofrontal vs. a well-developed postorbitofrontal bone in the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FADF475FFAF4F889" box="[1309,1400,1829,1853]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">angularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FCFB473EFB90F8E8" box="[825,1052,1860,1884]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Lygodactylus dysmicus</emphasis>
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can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FA85473FFA4EF8E8" box="[1351,1474,1860,1884]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having more precloacal pores (9 vs. 58); nostril in narrow contact with rostral scales vs. never in contact in
<taxonomicName id="4C1AC3C0FFC1FFE9FA8147FEFA31F82F" box="[1347,1469,1923,1947]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lygodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gutturalis">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC1FFE9FA8147FEFA31F82F" box="[1347,1469,1923,1947]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
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. We have also recorded some minor differences as follows: fewer lamellae under fourth toe (4 vs. 56); a greater number of ventral scales across the body (21 vs. 1520); and a greater number of scales between the eyes (25 vs. 1724). It is noteworthy that
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FFB3453BFF69FAEC" box="[113,229,1344,1368]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
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is small [SVL
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vs. 33.3 ±
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(mean) in
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], with a paedomorphic skull that has an unfused frontal bone, braincase, and compound bone + surangular (
<figureCitation id="1321A4C6FFC0FFE8FD164505FFF2FA02" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="16.[129,194,1857,1881]" captionTargetBox="[196,1409,145,1827]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[193,1409,143,1829]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figure 5. Gular and skull osteology comparisons between holotype material or representative material of all members of the L. gutturalis subgroup and the L. angularis group mentioned in this work.From top to bottom, ventral view gular section; dorsal, lateral, and ventral view of the skull; lateral, dorsal, medial, and ventral view of jaw; and number of tooth loci. PM = premaxilla, MX(R) = right maxilla, MX(L) = left maxilla, DN(R) = right dentary of the jaw." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13302850" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13302850/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). However, the well-developed state of the precloacal pores suggest sexual maturity of this specimen (
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Rhen
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FD9C45C4FD01FA61" box="[606,653,1469,1493]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">et al.</emphasis>
2005
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;
<figureCitation id="1321A4C6FFC0FFE8FD1645C7FF16FA41" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="23.[113,178,1122,1146]" captionTargetBox="[114,1458,144,1094]" captionTargetId="figure-438@23.[114,1458,144,1094]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Figure 12. Holotype of L. dysmicus (MHNG 1005.72) from Foulassi, South Region, Cameroon. A, Ventral and dorsal view of body. B, Details of cloacal region. C, Details of left pes. D, Detailed view of head in both lateral views and ventral and dorsal views (from top to bottom). Photos by J.L.R." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13302877" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13302877/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Fig. 12B</figureCitation>
). Finally,
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FEC245A7FEFDFA41" box="[256,369,1501,1525]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
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can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FD4645A7FD77FA41" box="[644,763,1501,1525]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
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based on its distribution in lowland Congolian rainforest vs. the sub-Saharan savannah (
<figureCitation id="1321A4C6FFC0FFE8FEA44661FE13F987" box="[358,415,1563,1587]" 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="23" pageNumber="470">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FFB34418FF5AFBCE" bold="true" box="[113,214,1122,1146]" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Figure 12.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FE904419FE36FBCE" box="[338,442,1122,1146]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">L. dysmicus</emphasis>
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(MHNG 1005.72) from Foulassi, South Region, Cameroon. A, Ventral and dorsal view of body. B, Details of cloacal region. C, Details of left pes. D, Detailed view of head in both lateral views and ventral and dorsal views (from top to bottom). Photos by J.L.R.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C300EBC8FFC0FFE8FFB3462FFDA6F8BD" pageId="23" pageNumber="470" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BA5B843FFC0FFE8FFB3462FFDA6F8BD" blockId="23.[113,762,1620,1801]" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FFB3462FFEF9F9D9" box="[113,373,1621,1645]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Habitat and distribution</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="1321A4C6FFC0FFE8FE4D462FFE5EF9D8" box="[399,466,1620,1645]" 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="23" pageNumber="470">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
):
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FE36462FFD56F9D9" box="[500,730,1621,1645]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Lygodactylus dysmicus</emphasis>
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is only known from the
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locality in Foulassi, South Region,
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, and an additional photographic record (unconfirmed) from Nglochifen, West Region,
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.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FDB946C8FF44F95E" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Lygodactylus dysmicus</emphasis>
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is considered a rainforest species distributed near the northern limit of the Congolian Rainforest.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFC0FFE8FFB34750FE82F8F6" box="[113,270,1834,1858]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Natural history:</emphasis>
Diurnal gecko that lives on trees in dense semideciduous forests (Chirio and LeBreton 2007).
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