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Loveridge's Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status
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- 1. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South AfricaPort Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- 2. Unaffiliated, Pretoria, South Africa
- 3. CIBIO/InBio – Universidade do Porto, Porto, PortugalFundação Kissama, Luanda, Angola
- 4. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, George, South AfricaPort Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- 5. Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla, Lubango, Angola
- 6. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- 7. unaffiliated, Houghton, United States of America
Description
In 1944 Loveridge described two new geckos from Angola Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis. The descriptions of both species have vague and confusing type localities and refinements are suggested based on early expedition reports historical accounts from the region and a review of cartographic material. Numerous new distribution records are reported for both species from expeditions undertaken from 1956–2016 by the authors or their colleagues. The taxonomic status of both species has changed but new material from diverse habitats altitudes and geological substrates indicates that further taxonomic adjustments are likely in order to reflect additional cryptic diversity.
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