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TABLE 1 in Phylogeny of dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the Western Indian Ocean
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- 1. Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany;
- 2. Nature Océan Indien, 46 rue des Mascarins, 97429 Petite Ile, La Réunion, France; & Laboratoire PVBMT, Université de La Réunion, 97410 Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France;
- 3. Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany; s. gippner @ tu-braunschweig. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2621 - 1001
- 4. Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA;
- 5. Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-Newark, 195 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102, USA; scott. travers @ rutgers. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4656 - 4613
- 6. Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Münchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 München, Germany;
- 7. Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Museum of Nature, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;
Description
TABLE 1. Relevant morphological characters of members of the Lygodactylus capensis group. Sources: 1, this study; 2, FitzSimons 1958; 3, Marques et al. 2020 (in their Tables 4 and 7 the authors described the mentals as ‘undivided’ but see Figs. 6 and 14 showing clearly semi-divided mentals); 4, Boettger 1913; 5, Branch 1989; 6, Loveridge 1947; 7, Pasteur 1965; 8, Hewitt 1926.
| Taxa | Mental scales | Subcaudal scales | Number of precloacal pores | Hatchlings: color of tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lygodactylus angolensis Bocage, 1896 | semi-divided 3, 5 | subequal 3, 5 | 7–10 5 | – |
| Lygodactylus bernardi Fitzsimons, 1958 | semi-divided (clefts reduced) 2 | subequal 2 | 7–10 2, 5 | reddish 2 |
| Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1932 | semi-divided 1, 7 | subequal 1, 5 | 5 1 4–7 5 | partly reddish (distal third) 1 |
| Lygodactylus stevensoni Hewitt, 1926 | semi-divided 1, 6 | subequal 1, 8 | 6–7 1 6–9 5 | partly reddish (distal third) 1 |
| Lygodactylus capensis (sensu stricto) (Smith, 1849) | semi-divided 1, 6 | sequence of enlarged scales 1 | 4–6 1 | reddish 1 |
| Lygodactylus nyaneka Marques et al., 2020 | semi-divided 3 | sequence of enlarged scales 3 | 4–6 3 | – |
| Lygodactylus insularis Boettger, 1913 | semi-divided 1, 4 | median row strongly enlarged 1, 4 | 5 1 4–6 4 | no red 1 |
| Lygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911 | semi-divided 1, 6 | median row strongly enlarged 1, 6 | 4–6 1, 6 | red 1 |
| Lygodactylus pakenhami Loveridge, 1941 | semi-divided 1, 6 | median row strongly enlarged 1, 6 | 4 1, 6 | no red 1 |
Notes
Published as part of Röll, Beate, Sanchez, Mickaël, Gippner, Sven, Bauer, Aaron M., Travers, Scott L., Glaw, Frank, Hawlitschek, Oliver & Vences, Miguel, 2023, Phylogeny of dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 238 in Zootaxa 5311 (2) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8094276
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- FitzSimons, V. (1958) On a small collection of reptiles and amphibians from the Inyanga District, S. Rhodesia. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 3, 204 - 214.
- Marques, M. P., Ceriaco, L. M. P., Buehler, M. D., Bandeira, S. A., Janota, J. M. & Bauer, A. M. (2020) A revision of the dwarf geckos, genus Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Angola, with description of three new species. Zootaxa, 4853 (3), 301 - 352. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4853.3.1
- Boettger, O. (1913) Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostfarikas. In: Voeltzkow, A. (Ed.), Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903 - 1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Vol. 3. Systematische Arbeiten. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nagele und Sprosser, Stuttgart, pp. 269 - 375.
- Branch, B. (1989) Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa, third ed. Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town, 399 pp.
- Loveridge, A. (1947) Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Bulletin of the. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, 98, 1 - 469.
- Pasteur, G. (1965) Recherches sur l'evolution des lygodactyles, lezards afromalgaches actuels. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Cherifien, Serie Zoologie, 29, 1 - 132.
- Hewitt, J. (1926) Descriptions of some new species of batrachians and lizards from S. Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 5 (3), 435 - 448.
- Loveridge, A. (1941) New geckos (Phelsuma and Lygodactylus), snake (Lepotyphlops) and frog (Phrynobarachits) from Pemba Island, East Africa. Proceedings of the Biological Society, Washington, 54 (8), 175 - 178.