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<mods:title>Between sand, rocks and branches: an integrative taxonomic revision of Angolan Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820, with description of four new species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Lobon-Rovira, Javier</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Conradie, Werner</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), P. O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa & Department of Nature Conservation Management, Natural Resource Science and Management Cluster, Faculty of Science, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Iglesias, David Buckley</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Departament de Biologia (Genetica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), c / Darwin 2, 28049, Madrid, Spain & Centro de Investigacion en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global CIBC-UAM, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, c / Darwin 2, 28049 - Madrid, Spain</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Ernst, Raffael</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Ko ̈ nigsbru ̈ cker Landstr. 159, D- 01109, Dresden, Germany</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Verissimo, Luis</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Fundacao Kissama, Rua 60 Casa 560, Lar do Patriota, Luanda, Angola</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Baptista, Ninda</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>CIBIO Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recurso Geneticos, Universidade do Porto, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Campus de Vairao, 4485 - 661 Vairao, Portugal & Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal & TwinLab CIBIO / ISCED, Instituto Superior de Ciencias da Educacao da Huila, Rua Sarmento Rodrigues s / n, Lubango, Angola</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Pinto, Pedro Vaz</mods:namePart>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="191979974" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BFF4817A5F445915BE9D4DB42D6A31BF" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BFF4817A5F445915BE9D4DB42D6A31BF" lastPageNumber="465" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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<taxonomicName LSID="BFF4817A-5F44-5915-BE9D-4DB42D6A31BF" authority="Ceriaco, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer 2020" authorityName="Ceriaco, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus vernayi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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Hemidactylus vernayi
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, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer 2020
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 6. A - dorsal view in life of Hemidactylus vernayi (MNCN 50541), B - habitat of H. vernayi, C - updated records of the H. bayonii - group and H. nzingae - group (blue color represents H. bayonii, purple H. vernayi, and green H. nzingae; circles represent genetically confirmed records, while triangles represent historical or non-genetically assigned records based on Ceriaco et al. (2020 a, c); color stars depict the different type localities, black star depicts the original type locality of H. bayonii assigned by Bocage (1893), red star depicts type locality of H. hannahsabinae by Ceriaco et al. 2020. Photos by Javier Lobon-Rovira (A-B)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575370" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figs 6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 7. Dorsal photographs showing morphological variability found in Hemidactylus vernayi from (A) Hanha (ZMB 90450), (B) Bentiaba (MNCN 50541) and (C) Santa Marta (MNCN 50533). Photos by Pedro Vaz Pinto (A) and Javier Lobon-Rovira (B, C)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575371" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">, 7</figureCitation>
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Based on both phylogenetic hypothesis (BI and ML),
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. vernayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. vernayi</emphasis>
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is sister species to
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. bayonii</emphasis>
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, presumably a relic in arid coastal ecosystems (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2A" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2 A. Bayesian Inference (BI) phylogenetic tree based on ND 2 + RAG 1 concatenated data, with Maximum Likelihood (ML) support overlaid. Numbers above the key nodes indicates BI posterior probability (≥ 0.90 were considered supported), while below the key nodes indicate ML bootstrap values (≥ 75 % were considered supported). Major clades are marked with a thick vertical line." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure2a" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575365" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">2</figureCitation>
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, Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 6. A - dorsal view in life of Hemidactylus vernayi (MNCN 50541), B - habitat of H. vernayi, C - updated records of the H. bayonii - group and H. nzingae - group (blue color represents H. bayonii, purple H. vernayi, and green H. nzingae; circles represent genetically confirmed records, while triangles represent historical or non-genetically assigned records based on Ceriaco et al. (2020 a, c); color stars depict the different type localities, black star depicts the original type locality of H. bayonii assigned by Bocage (1893), red star depicts type locality of H. hannahsabinae by Ceriaco et al. 2020. Photos by Javier Lobon-Rovira (A-B)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575370" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6C</figureCitation>
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), and forming a monophyletic group with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">H. bayonii</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. nzingae" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="nzingae">H. nzingae</taxonomicName>
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, and another species from northern Angola and Cabinda described below. The uncorrected p-distance found within
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. vernayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. vernayi</emphasis>
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for ND2 was 1.52%. The p-distances for ND2 between
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. vernayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. vernayi</emphasis>
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and their closely related species were: 14.15% with
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. bayonii</emphasis>
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, 15.55% with
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. nzingae" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="nzingae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. nzingae</emphasis>
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, and 14.73% with the northern species described below (see Table
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<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Average uncorrected pairwise distances (ND 2) between selected Angolan Hemidactylus taxa, closely related species and outgroups. Bold numbers represent mean divergence within species. * represents lower than 10 % p-distance between species." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/9513EF0493E4D0ADF107028784884FC6" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" tableUuid="9513EF0493E4D0ADF107028784884FC6">1</tableCitation>
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). Small size and other morphological similarities have previously led to a misidentification of this taxon, or to its assignment to
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. bayonii</emphasis>
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, by different authors.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-05-24" collectorName="Pedro Vaz Pinto" country="ANGOLA" elevation="48" location="Lucira" municipality="Santa Marta" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Namibe Prov.">
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<collectingCountry name="Angola">ANGOLA</collectingCountry>
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<collectingRegion country="Angola" name="Namibe">Namibe Prov.</collectingRegion>
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<collectingMunicipality>Santa Marta</collectingMunicipality>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BFF4817A5F445915BE9D4DB42D6A31BF:1BB702089F88E0DC38548B8BCCAEC44A" country="ANGOLA" municipality="Santa Marta" name="Lucira" stateProvince="Namibe Prov.">Lucira</location>
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; -13.87861°, 12.42444°;
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<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.8" unit="m" value="48.0">
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<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.8" unit="m" value="48.0">48 m</quantity>
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<collectingDate value="2019-05-24">24 May 2019</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>Pedro Vaz Pinto</collectorName>
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; FKH0226-7 and MNCN 50538
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectorName="Pedro Vaz Pinto" country="Angola" elevation="48" location="Lucira" municipality="Santa Marta" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-male="3" stateProvince="Namibe">
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<specimenCount type="male">3 ♂</specimenCount>
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; same collecting data as previous material; FKH0228, MNCN 50539, FKH0232
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-07-06" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectorName="Pedro Vaz Pinto, Javier Lobon-Rovira" country="Angola" elevation="48" location="Lucira" municipality="Santa Marta" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="4" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Namibe">
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<specimenCount type="female">4 ♀</specimenCount>
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
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same collecting data as previous material;
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<collectingDate value="2019-07-06">6 Jul. 2019</collectingDate>
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;
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<collectorName>Pedro Vaz Pinto</collectorName>
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and
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Javier
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; FKH0263-6, MNCN50533
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juv.; same collecting information as previous material; FKH0268 •
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<materialsCitation accessionNumber="ZMB 90448" collectingDate="2020-02-15" collectorName="Pedro Vaz Pinto, Javier Lobon-Rovira" country="Angola" elevation="150" location="Bentiaba" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BFF4817A5F445915BE9D4DB42D6A31BF:CA2B981896F8DB2E9FA468F7F8164D3A" country="Angola" name="Bentiaba">Bentiaba</location>
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; -14.17596°, 12.44689°;
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<collectingDate value="2020-02-15">15 Feb. 2020</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>Pedro Vaz Pinto</collectorName>
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and
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Javier
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<materialsCitation accessionNumber="ZMB 90449" collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" country="Angola" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2">
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<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/ZMB90449">ZMB 90449</accessionNumber>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1956-09" collectorName="Charles Koch" country="Angola" location="Lucira" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-male="3">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BFF4817A5F445915BE9D4DB42D6A31BF:DCF99069E2BC0730437B0694F426135F" country="Angola" name="Lucira">Lucira</location>
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<collectingDate value="1956-09">September 1956</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>Charles Koch</collectorName>
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; TM 24447, 24450-1
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<materialsCitation accessionNumber="ZMB 90450" collectingDate="2019-11-16" collectorName="Pedro Vaz Pinto" country="Angola" elevation="39" location="Hanha" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Benguela Prov.">
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
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and
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<collectingRegion country="Angola" name="Benguela">Benguela Prov.</collectingRegion>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BFF4817A5F445915BE9D4DB42D6A31BF:8EB9E39589963B8052609222DC6CCCF7" country="Angola" name="Hanha" stateProvince="Benguela Prov.">Hanha</location>
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; -12.24245°, 13.71399°;
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<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9" unit="m" value="39.0">
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<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9" unit="m" value="39.0">39 m</quantity>
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a.s.l.
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<collectingDate value="2019-11-16">16 Nov. 2019</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>Pedro Vaz Pinto</collectorName>
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;
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<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/ZMB90450">ZMB 90450</accessionNumber>
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</materialsCitation>
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-1.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="465" type="updated comparative diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Updated comparative diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ceriaco, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus vernayi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Hemidactylus vernayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is readily distinguished from non-Angolan congeners by sharing the same distinctive characters as
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. bayonii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4746.1.1" author="Ceriaco, LM" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" pagination="1 - 71" refId="B22" refString="Ceriaco, LM, Agarwal, I, Marques, MP, Bauer, AM, 2020a. A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4746 (1): 1 - 71, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4746.1.1" title="A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4746.1.1" volume="4746" year="2020 a">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ceríaco">Ceriaco</normalizedToken>
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et al. 2020a
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</bibRefCitation>
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). In respect to the Angolan congeners,
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. vernayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. vernayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. longicephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="longicephalus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. longicephalus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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-group in its much smaller maximum size (maximum SVL 42.5 mm [mean=32.67]
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">vs.</emphasis>
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60.1 mm [mean=46.57] in
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. longicephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="longicephalus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. longicephalus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and 64.8 mm [mean=58.96] in
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. paivae" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="paivae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. paivae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); from
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. benguellensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="benguellensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. benguellensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by its lower number of precloacal pores (5-7
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">vs.</emphasis>
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23-33); and from
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. mabouia" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="mabouia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. mabouia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by having small subcaudal scales and a lower number of precloacal pores (5-7
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">vs.</emphasis>
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28-39).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ceriaco, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus vernayi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Hemidactylus vernayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can further be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. nzingae" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="nzingae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. nzingae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by fewer [11-16] rows of weakly keeled dorsal and caudal tubercles (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">vs.</emphasis>
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16-21 rows of strongly keeled dorsal and caudal tubercles in
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. nzingae" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="nzingae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. nzingae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). Interestingly, morphological analysis based on topotypic material of
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. vernayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. vernayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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show extensive overlap with
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. bayonii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and no clear diagnostic characters. Nevertheless, when we include the southern specimens of
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. vernayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. vernayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, these reveal a larger number of ventral scales across the belly (33-39
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">vs.</emphasis>
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25-32 in
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. bayonii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, see Tables S3-4). See other new species descriptions for comparisons with this taxon.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="465" type="coloration">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Coloration.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">In life</emphasis>
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(specimen FKH0417; Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 6. A - dorsal view in life of Hemidactylus vernayi (MNCN 50541), B - habitat of H. vernayi, C - updated records of the H. bayonii - group and H. nzingae - group (blue color represents H. bayonii, purple H. vernayi, and green H. nzingae; circles represent genetically confirmed records, while triangles represent historical or non-genetically assigned records based on Ceriaco et al. (2020 a, c); color stars depict the different type localities, black star depicts the original type locality of H. bayonii assigned by Bocage (1893), red star depicts type locality of H. hannahsabinae by Ceriaco et al. 2020. Photos by Javier Lobon-Rovira (A-B)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575370" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6A</figureCitation>
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): dorsum dark brown with two lighter dorsolateral bands from the nares to the anterior part of the tail; the dorsal region presents a darker crossband from occipital to the medium the region of the tail where it fades before disappearing; the crossband in the dorsal region presents a W-shaped marking common in
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. bayonii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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-group, which becomes V-shaped as it approach the posterior region; the head displays a linear crossband from the eye region to the occipital; all the crossbands along the body are separated by a light beige section; the ventral region has uniform beige coloration; supralabials have dark coloration while infralabials show the same light beige of the ventral region; limbs with irregular dark and light brownish patches; iris golden with a black narrow pupil and dark brown reticulation.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Variation</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 7. Dorsal photographs showing morphological variability found in Hemidactylus vernayi from (A) Hanha (ZMB 90450), (B) Bentiaba (MNCN 50541) and (C) Santa Marta (MNCN 50533). Photos by Pedro Vaz Pinto (A) and Javier Lobon-Rovira (B, C)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575371" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">7</figureCitation>
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): this species presents high variability in coloration from light whitish cream to brownish. Dorsal pattern can be present or absent. Furthermore, it was observed that in some individuals during the day the darker regions become lighter, making it often difficult to differentiate the dorsal pattern, due to a uniform light beige color across the whole body.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575371" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" start="Figure 7" startId="F8">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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Dorsal photographs showing morphological variability found in
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ceriaco, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus vernayi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Hemidactylus vernayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">A</emphasis>
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) Hanha (ZMB 90450), (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">B</emphasis>
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) Bentiaba (MNCN 50541) and (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">C</emphasis>
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) Santa Marta (MNCN50533). Photos by Pedro Vaz Pinto (A) and Javier
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Lobón-Rovira">Lobon-Rovira</normalizedToken>
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(B, C).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="465" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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Distribution and conservation (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 6. A - dorsal view in life of Hemidactylus vernayi (MNCN 50541), B - habitat of H. vernayi, C - updated records of the H. bayonii - group and H. nzingae - group (blue color represents H. bayonii, purple H. vernayi, and green H. nzingae; circles represent genetically confirmed records, while triangles represent historical or non-genetically assigned records based on Ceriaco et al. (2020 a, c); color stars depict the different type localities, black star depicts the original type locality of H. bayonii assigned by Bocage (1893), red star depicts type locality of H. hannahsabinae by Ceriaco et al. 2020. Photos by Javier Lobon-Rovira (A-B)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575370" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6C</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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This species is considered the sister species of
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. bayonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="bayonii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. bayonii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, so far only known to occur along the arid coast from Bentiaba in northern Namibe Province, northwards to Hanha in coastal Benguela Province (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 6. A - dorsal view in life of Hemidactylus vernayi (MNCN 50541), B - habitat of H. vernayi, C - updated records of the H. bayonii - group and H. nzingae - group (blue color represents H. bayonii, purple H. vernayi, and green H. nzingae; circles represent genetically confirmed records, while triangles represent historical or non-genetically assigned records based on Ceriaco et al. (2020 a, c); color stars depict the different type localities, black star depicts the original type locality of H. bayonii assigned by Bocage (1893), red star depicts type locality of H. hannahsabinae by Ceriaco et al. 2020. Photos by Javier Lobon-Rovira (A-B)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575370" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6</figureCitation>
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). Despite being still poorly known, the species is probably widely distributed, and its habitat does not appear at present to be threatened; however, due to limited number of records we cannot calculate the extent of occurrence (EOO) and thus we regard the conservation status of the species as Data Deficient. Further studies are suggested to better assess its full distribution and conservation status.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="465" type="natural history">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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Natural history and habitat (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 6. A - dorsal view in life of Hemidactylus vernayi (MNCN 50541), B - habitat of H. vernayi, C - updated records of the H. bayonii - group and H. nzingae - group (blue color represents H. bayonii, purple H. vernayi, and green H. nzingae; circles represent genetically confirmed records, while triangles represent historical or non-genetically assigned records based on Ceriaco et al. (2020 a, c); color stars depict the different type localities, black star depicts the original type locality of H. bayonii assigned by Bocage (1893), red star depicts type locality of H. hannahsabinae by Ceriaco et al. 2020. Photos by Javier Lobon-Rovira (A-B)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.71.e64781.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/575370" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6B</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ceriaco, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus vernayi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Hemidactylus vernayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is an arid-adapted species, found foraging among small shrubs in arid coastal rocky semi-desert environments on the northern fringes of the Kaokoveld desert, and present also in vegetated valleys cutting through coastal semi-arid savannas. The species occurs along a coastal strip within the Semi-Arid Savanna AMBU, a region strongly influenced by the Namibe fog-belt (Cernak et al. 2012;
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<bibRefCitation author="Vaz Pinto, P" journalOrPublisher="Amphibian and Reptile Conservation" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" pagination="29 - 41" refId="B77" refString="Vaz Pinto, P, Luis Verissimo, L, Branch, WR, 2019. Hiding in the bushes for 110 years: rediscovery of an iconic Angolan gecko (Afrogecko ansorgii Boulenger, 1907, Sauria: Gekkonidae). Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 13 (2): 29 - 41" title="Hiding in the bushes for 110 years: rediscovery of an iconic Angolan gecko (Afrogecko ansorgii Boulenger, 1907, Sauria: Gekkonidae)." volume="13" year="2019">Vaz Pinto et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
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). In the southernmost populations, most specimens were found associated with a recently described endemic small bush
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Burseraceae" genus="Commiphora" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Commiphora benguellensis" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="benguellensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Commiphora benguellensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Swanepoel 2015), while the northern populations were found in thicker and more diverse bush-dominated habitats. This species was always found foraging at night moving with agility between the spiny branches of small to medium-sized bushes, typically close to the ground and dropping quickly to the ground to seek shelter among crevices and cavities, or under small rocks or leaf-litter, when disturbed. Other species of geckos found in sympatry were
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1947" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Chondrodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fitzsimonsi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">C. pulitzerae</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Pachydactylus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pachydactylus angolensis" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angolensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Pachydactylus angolensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. No other
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lobón-Rovira & Conradie & Iglesias & Ernst & Veríssimo & Baptista & Pinto" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemidactylus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Hemidactylus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species were found occupying the same ecological niche as
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<taxonomicName genus="H." lsidName="H. vernayi" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">H. vernayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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