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on
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by
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,
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,
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, and
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, female, collected from Katopa,
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on
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by Eli Greenbaum
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.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFCFB445BFB89FB8D" box="[825,1029,1057,1081]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">Additional material:</emphasis>
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.
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(canopy),
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,
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,
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, between
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by
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;
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.2947, female, collected at
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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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<collectionCode id="ED0B2086FFF5FFDDFCFB44C4FCC0FB62" box="[825,844,1214,1238]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">R</collectionCode>
.16752, male, collected at
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(
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),
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,
<collectingCountry id="F30DF8D3FFF5FFDDFC5D44A7FC5BFB41" box="[927,983,1245,1269]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">DRC</collectingCountry>
, in 1953 by
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.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFCFB455AFC13FA83" box="[825,927,1312,1335]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
This species represents a moderately sized
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFCFB4544FC34FAE2" box="[825,952,1342,1366]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">Lygodactylus</emphasis>
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[maximum SVL
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(mean 33.6 ±
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)], with males having the most distinctive gular patterning of the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFA6C4525FC18FA21" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. gutturalis</emphasis>
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group (described below,
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). Females without gular pattern. Eight supralabials and 67 infralabials. Males with seven precloacal pores.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA5B843FFF5FFDCFC9745A1FDE4FF73" blockId="34.[825,1475,1311,1994]" lastBlockId="35.[113,763,144,669]" lastPageId="35" lastPageNumber="482" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">
This species can be differentiated from all taxa of the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFAAA45A1FA4EFA47" box="[1384,1474,1499,1523]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">angularis</emphasis>
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group taxa by the same osteological differences described above (e.g. postorbitofrontal reduced almost vestigial vs. well developed in the
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFC6D4643FB85F9E5" box="[943,1033,1593,1617]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">angularis</emphasis>
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group) and a unique leopard-like pattern on the dorsum. Also, it can be easily differentiated from
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFA8D4623FA4EF9C4" box="[1359,1474,1624,1648]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. angularis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFCAA4603FC54F924" box="[872,984,1656,1680]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. baptistai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the gular patterning (broken pattern vs. V-shaped pattern in
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFBEB46E2FB11F91B" box="[1065,1181,1687,1711]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. angularis</emphasis>
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and the unique pattern of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFA6C46E2FC01F97A" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. baptistai</emphasis>
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described above; see
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). The species can be confused with
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFC6446ACFB8BF95A" box="[934,1031,1750,1774]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. heeneni</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFBF746ACFB30F95A" box="[1077,1212,1750,1774]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. paurospilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the broken gular ornamentation; however, it can be differentiated from them as follows: unique leopard-like dorsal pattern in
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFAC5476FFCEBF8F8" bold="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">
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(vs. light brown dorsal background with a light cream vertebral line of blotches in
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFBD9472EFBF0F8DF" box="[1051,1148,1875,1899]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. heeneni</emphasis>
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(
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), similar to
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFAF9472EFA4EF8DF" box="[1339,1474,1875,1899]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">L. paurospilus</emphasis>
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(based on preserved specimens;
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; Supporting Information,
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); broken pattern that converges anteriorly (vs. a broken pattern that converges posteriorly (
<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF5FFDDFB6747C8FB39F87D" box="[1189,1205,1970,1993]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="481">V</emphasis>
-shaped) in
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and
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF4FFDCFFB340EBFF73FF1C" box="[113,255,144,168]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="482">L. paurospilus</emphasis>
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); fewer precloacal pores than
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF4FFDCFD8940EBFD3EFF1C" box="[587,690,144,168]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="482">L. heeneni</emphasis>
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(7 vs. 910); and osteological features described above.
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is the most distinctive species within the
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subgroup and the only species within the
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group with a broken gular pattern. It can be easily distinguished from other closely related species based on its unique gular pattern and the leopard-like dorsal pattern, which is not present in related taxa. Females lack gular patterning (vs. weakly present in other members of the
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subgroup). It can also be differentiated based on minor meristic differences as follows: greater number of scales between the eyes (3036 vs.
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,
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and
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); and lower number of ventral scales at midbody (1415 vs.
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).
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF4FFDCFFB342B6FF6DFD50" box="[113,225,716,740]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="482">Etymology:</emphasis>
The name
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF4FFDCFE9A42B6FE44FD50" box="[344,456,716,740]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="482">leopardinus</emphasis>
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is an adjective referring to the leopard-like dorsal pattern present in males of this species.
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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 S9.
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. Adult male, with a snoutvent length (SVL) of
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and a broken tail. Body slender and nape slightly distinct. Head as broad as body, and moderate head length (HW/HL 0.63). Canthus rostralis not prominent. Eye diameter 2.0 mm with circular pupil. Ear to eye distance almost twice the orbit diameter (
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). Snout rounded and moderately pointed. Frontal granular scales larger than occipital scales, with 36 small granular scales between the eyes. Dorsal scales granular from rostral to tail. Rostral undivided, in slight contact with nostril. Three small symmetrical internasals. Eight supralabials and seven infralabials. Prenasal not in contact with the 1st supralabial. Nostril circular, in narrow contact with the rostral and bordered by 1st supralabial, prenasal, one supranasal, and one postnasal. Four rows of scales between supralabials and the orbit. Mental large, triangular, and in contact posteriorly with two rounded and symmetrical postmental scales. Five smaller post-postmental scales. Gular scales granular and smaller than ventral scales. Ventrals imbricate, rounded, and larger than dorsal scales, in 14 scale rows across the venter. Body relatively robust and slightly elongated (TRL/SVL 0.41). Seven precloacal pores. Fore- and hind limbs moderately short and stout; forearm intermediate (FL/SVL 0.15); tibia short (CL/SVL 0.17). Digits elongated, unwebbed, with 56 terminal scansors. Thumb rudimentary with a small terminal claw. Relative length of digits: I &lt;II = V &lt;III &lt;IV (manus); I &lt;II &lt;V &lt;III &lt;IV (pes).
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF4FFDCFFB34712FF5AF834" bold="true" box="[113,214,1896,1920]" pageId="35" pageNumber="482">Figure 22.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF4FFDCFE904713FE53F834" bold="true" box="[338,479,1896,1920]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="482">L. leopardinus</emphasis>
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(UTEP 22577) from Balolombo Village, Busira River, Équateur Province, DRC. A, Dorsal and ventral view of body. B, Details of right manus and (C) pes. D, 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="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFF434093FEB6FEB5" box="[129,314,233,257]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Coloration: In life</emphasis>
(
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;
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), dorsal background colour light grey to brown, with a black reticulate dorsal pattern from snout to anterior insertion of the hind limbs; light cream blotches surrounded by black dots from eye to anterior insertion of the hind limb on each side of dorsum; tail brownish dorsally with light cream ocelli; throat white with two
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFDA941FCFDFEFE29" box="[619,626,390,413]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">-</emphasis>
shaped broken dark chevrons; venter uniformly white.
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(
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;
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), dorsum uniformly dark grey from snout to tail. Venter with silvery appearance, becoming brownish on tail and fore- and hind limbs; black reticulated dorsal pattern visible, with two white paravertebral lines (one on each side) from eyes to midbody; digits dark brown ventrally.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFF434201FF68FD26" box="[129,228,635,658]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Variation:</emphasis>
In contrast to the
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, the female
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has a dorsal coloration in life that is entirely black with an orangish tail and dorsolateral dots in paravertebral lines that dissipate posteriorly, without a gular pattern (
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). The lack of gular pattern is corroborated
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, in the
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, and in another female specimen (
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.2947) from
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFF43432AFEE3FCDC" box="[129,367,848,872]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Habitat and distribution</emphasis>
(
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,
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):
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFE3F432AFC86FCDC" bold="true" box="[509,778,848,872]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Lygodactylus leopardinus</emphasis>
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is known from
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Basin primary rainforest at Balolombo, Katopa (Lomani River,
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River affluent), and Basongo. This pattern suggests a large distribution in the
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Basin like its sister taxon,
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFE5043B5FD85FC52" box="[402,521,974,998]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">L. depressus</emphasis>
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, which is found in sympatry at Lake Tumba and Katopa. However, it seems to be less abundant.
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<emphasis id="B96E6451FFF3FFDBFF42443CFE93FBEA" box="[128,287,1094,1118]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="483">Natural history:</emphasis>
A diurnal and arboreal rainforest species. The
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was collected early in the morning on a tree about
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above the ground.
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