Table 2. Comparison between the different Angolan Hemidactylus (excluding H. mabouia and including H. gramineus from DRC). Measurements are represented in mm (average and standard deviation), based on newly collected material for this work with exception of H. nzingae, H. gramineus and H. paivae, where morphological measurements were compiled from information available in Ceríaco et al. (2020a, 2021) and information collected for this work. For abbreviations see Material and Methods section.
| Species |
H. faustus sp. nov. |
H. pfindaensis sp. nov. |
H. carivoensis sp. nov. |
H. benguellensis |
H. cinganji sp. nov. |
H. longicephalus LINEAGE 1 |
H. longicephalus LINEAGE 2 |
H. paivae |
H. bayonii |
H. vernayi |
H. gramineus |
H. nzingae |
| Specimens |
n=10 |
n=4 |
n=9 |
n=12 |
n=2 |
n=6 |
n=9 |
n=18 |
n=6 |
n=25 |
n=2 |
n=12 |
| SVL |
39.38 ± 3.35 |
45.54 ± 3.12 |
38,18 ± 5,16 |
49.66 ± 8.12 |
48.72 ± 5.19 |
46.21 ± 8.76 |
47.30 ± 3.09 |
57.31 ± 2.19 |
36.29 ± 3.46 |
32.52 ± 4.07 |
36.65 ± 4.03 |
44.28 ± 3.88 |
| TL |
- |
32.93 |
36,8 ± 7,64 |
40.23 ± 8.65 |
42.77 ± 0 |
44.20 ± 6.94 |
48.52 ± 1.94 |
63.05 ± 7.14 |
30.06 ± 11.11 |
25.92 ± 4.19 |
34.40 ± 0.99 |
40.33 ± 3.48 |
| TRL |
16.83 ± 2.51 |
17.85 ± 3.76 |
15,82 ± 1,92 |
21.94 ± 5.93 |
21.33 ± 4.13 |
19.25 ± 4.29 |
18.98 ± 0.09 |
21.45 ± 2.89 |
15.02 ± 2.62 |
13.95 ± 1.88 |
15.85 ± 2.33 |
19.41 ± 2.58 |
| BW |
7.44 ± 0.93 |
7.43 ± 0.41 |
6,99 ± 1,92 |
10.056 ± 1.83 |
10.14 ± 0.50 |
8.28 ± 3.26 |
8.5 ± 0.81 |
9.81 ± 0.47 |
6.69 ± 0.78 |
6.12 ± 1.26 |
5 ± 0.14 |
7.27 ± 1.29 |
| FL |
9.10 ± 1.36 |
6.99 ± 1.35 |
5,79 ± 0,98 |
7.32 ± 1.81 |
7.86 ± 1.30 |
6.24 ± 1.53 |
8.57 ± 0.12 |
7.12 ± 1.14 |
5.57 ± 0.81 |
5.89 ± 1.23 |
4.70 ± 0.28 |
6.06 ± 0.77 |
| CL |
6.32 ± 0.54 |
8.03 ± 1.73 |
6,75 ± 1,18 |
7.74 ± 1.47 |
8.39 ± 1.98 |
7.11 ± 0.76 |
5.47 ± 0.92 |
7.21 ± 1.47 |
6.30 ± 0.63 |
4.90 ± 1.18 |
5.55 ± 0.21 |
7.03 ± 0.68 |
| HL |
11.62 ± 1.09 |
13.19 ± 1.40 |
11,10 ± 0,69 |
14.25 ± 2.86 |
12.99 ± 2.62 |
13.12 ± 2.09 |
14.02 ± 0.66 |
14.55 ± 0.59 |
10.13 ± 1.49 |
9.59 ± 0.79 |
10.5 ± 0.71 |
12.18 ± 0.27 |
| HW |
8.22 ± 0.79 |
8.65 ± 0.85 |
6,81 ± 1,10 |
9.72 ± 1.73 |
9.57 ± 0.84 |
8.60 ± 1.55 |
9.38 ± 0.52 |
10.02 ± 0.62 |
6.75 ± 0.56 |
6.01 ± 0.98 |
6.35 ± 0.49 |
8.11 ± 0.57 |
| HH |
4.95 ± 0.71 |
5.26 ± 0.28 |
4,21 ± 0,69 |
5.52 ± 0.97 |
6.32 ± 0.58 |
4.93 ± 0.99 |
5.65 ± 0.27 |
6.12 ± 0.28 |
4.37 ± 0.49 |
4.04 ± 0.52 |
4.25 ± 0.49 |
5.08 ± 0.55 |
| OD |
2.87 ± 0.29 |
2.81 ± 0.18 |
2,68 ± 0,36 |
2.97 ± 0.39 |
3.14 ± 0.13 |
2.97 ± 0.48 |
3.02 ± 0.11 |
3.21 ± 0.18 |
2.42 ± 0.14 |
2.25 ± 0.29 |
2.10 ± 0.42 |
2.81 ± 0.34 |
| NE |
3.39 ± 0.49 |
3.81 ± 0.47 |
3,38 ± 0,51 |
4.52 ± 0.78 |
4.18 ± 0.20 |
4.13 ± 0.64 |
4.45 ± 0.36 |
4.54 ± 0.57 |
2.88 ± 0.67 |
2.68 ± 0.35 |
2.95 ± 0.35 |
4.26 ± 0.68 |
| SE |
4.6325 ± 0.31 |
5.32 ± 0.21 |
4,46 ± 0,70 |
6.03 ± 1.13 |
5.38 ± 0.61 |
5.29 ± 0.79 |
6.09 ± 0.85 |
5.80 ± 0.51 |
4.02 ± 0.71 |
3.58 ± 0.45 |
4.25 ± 0.07 |
5.21 ± 0.34 |
| EE |
3.29 ± 0.36 |
3.53 ± 0.21 |
2,91 ± 0,39 |
3.89 ± 0.68 |
3.85 ± 0.48 |
3.21 ± 0.63 |
3.66 ± 0.46 |
3.83 ± 0.27 |
2.9 ± 0.46 |
2.75 ± 0.39 |
2.75 ± 0.21 |
3.56 ± 0.23 |
| EH |
0.99 ± 0.15 |
0.84 ± 0.25 |
1,73 ± 2,67 |
1.25 ± 0.55 |
1.17 ± 0.42 |
0.92 ± 0.25 |
0.98 ± 0.09 |
0.95 ± 0.37 |
0.69 ± 0.19 |
0.57 ± 0.12 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
1.07 ± 0.17 |
| IN |
1.56 ± 0.24 |
1.36 ± 0.05 |
1,21 ± 0,20 |
3.75 ± 6.35 |
1.42 ± 0.12 |
1.41 ± 0.21 |
1.59 ± 0.15 |
1.63 ± 0.18 |
1.27 ± 0.12 |
1.22 ± 0.18 |
- |
- |
| OI |
3.97 ± 0.40 |
3.9 ± 1.41 |
3,51 ± 0,61 |
4.20 ± 0.66 |
4.81 ± 0.04 |
3.47 ± 0.72 |
4.68 ± 0.17 |
4.85 ± 0.04 |
3.3 ± 0.35 |
2.98 ± 0.49 |
- |
- |
| Precloacal-Femoral Pores |
17-19 |
8 |
15-22 |
23-33 |
26-28 |
5-11 |
6 |
6-8 |
4-9 |
4-6 |
8 |
7-8 |
| Post-cloacal (tail) spurs |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1-4/1-4 |
1-2/1-2 |
0-1/0-1 |
1-1/1-1 |
- |
1/1 |
1-2/1-2 |
- |
- |
| Scales across belly |
29-32 |
28-30 |
32-38 |
33-41 |
30-32 |
28-37 |
28-36 |
28-34 |
25-32 |
32-39 |
23-25 |
22-27 |
| Dorsal tubercles row |
15-17 |
11-12 |
12-18 |
13-18 |
15 |
13-17 |
13-16 |
13-16 |
15-16 |
11-16 |
12-14 |
16-21 |
| Supralabials (right/left) |
9/9 |
10/10 |
11/10-11 |
10-11/10-11 |
9/9 |
10-12 |
10-12 |
10-12/10-12 |
8-9/9-10 |
9-10/9-10 |
10/9-0 |
10-11/10-11 |
| Infralabials (right/left) |
8/8 |
8-10/9-10 |
9/9-10 |
9-10/8-10 |
7-9/8 |
9-10 |
9-10 |
9-10/8-10 |
7-9/7-8 |
7-8/7-8 |
8-9/8-9 |
8-9/8-9 |
| Subcaudals size |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small-Medium |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
Small (<1⁄4 tail width) |
| # Granular scales between tubercles |
2-3 |
4-5 |
2-3 |
2-5 |
2-3 |
3-6 |
3-4 |
3-9 |
2-4 |
2-4 |
2-3 |
2-3 |
| Lamellae 1st finger |
5-6 |
6-5 |
5 |
6 |
5-6 |
5-6 |
6 |
5-8 |
5-6 |
5-6 |
5 |
5-7 |
| Lamellae 4th finger |
7 |
7 |
6-7 |
6-8 |
7 |
7-8 |
7-8 |
8-9 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6-8 |
| Lamellae 1st toe |
5-6 |
5-6 |
5 |
5-7 |
6 |
5-7 |
5-6 |
6-7 |
6 |
5-6 |
5 |
5-7 |
| Lamellae 4th toe |
9-8 |
7-8 |
9 |
8-9 |
8 |
8-10 |
8-19 |
9-11 |
8-10 |
7-8 |
7 |
9 |