Hemidactylus kyaboboensis
Hemidactylus kyaboboensis is a species of forest geckos from Ghana and Togo. Its type locality is Kyabobo National Park, to which its specific name refers.[1][2] It is the sister species of Hemidactylus fasciatus.[1]
| Hemidactylus kyaboboensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. kyaboboensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Leaché & Fujita, 2010 — nomen nudum | |
Description
Hemidactylus kyaboboensis grow to a maximum snout–vent length of 80 mm (3.1 in) and a maximum total length of 160 mm (6.3 in). The head is broad. The body has indistinct dark crossbands and more prominent whitish stripes and dots. There is a broad crossband on the neck that reaches the lower tip of the ear hole.[1][2]
Habitat and distribution
Hemidactylus kyaboboensis have been collected from moist, semi-deciduous rainforests in the Togo Hills of eastern Ghana and Missahöhe in western Togo. These rainforests are habitat islands within the more arid Dahomey Gap.[1]
References
- Wagner, Philipp; Adam D. Leaché; Matthew K. Fujita (2014). "Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 63 (1): 1–14.
- Hemidactylus kyaboboensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2016.
Further reading
- Bauer, A. M.; Parham, J. F.; Brown, R. M.; Stuart, B. L.; Grismer, L.; Papenfuss, T. J.; Bohme, W.; Savage, J. M.; Carranza, S.; Grismer, J. L.; Wagner, P.; Schmitz, A.; Ananjeva, N. B.; Inger, R. F. (2011). "Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 278 (1705): 490–492. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1330. PMC 3025678. PMID 20961901.
- Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude; Trape, Jean-François; Afiademanyo, Komlan M.; Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Ohler, Annemarie; Dubois, Alain; David, Patrick; Meirte, Danny; Glitho, Isabelle Adolé; Petrozzi, Fabio; Luiselli, Luca (2015). "Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation". Zoosystema. 37 (2): 381–402. doi:10.5252/z2015n2a7. S2CID 83884179.