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