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Uroplatus ebenaui (BOETTGER, 1879)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Nosy Be FIat-tail Gecko, spearpoint leaf-tail gecko 
SynonymUroplates ebenaui BOETTGER 1879: 273
Uroplates boettgeri FISCHER 1884: 33 (fide ANGEL 1942)
Uroplates ebenaui — BOULENGER 1885: 238
Uroplatus schneideri — LAMBERTON 1913: 558 (fide BAUER & RUSSELL 1989)
Uroplatus ebenaui — ANGEL 1942: 80
Uroplatus ebenavi — UNDERWOOD 1954: 480 (nom. subst.)
Uroplatus ebenaui — WERMUTH 1965: 186
Uroplatus ebenaui — KLUGE 1993
Uroplatus ebenaui — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 273
Uroplatus cf. ebenaui — D’CRUZE et al. 2007
Uroplatus cf. ebenaui— BORA et al. 2010 
DistributionNE Madagascar, Nossi Be = Nosy Bé, Nosy Komba

Type locality: Nossi Bé  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 9630
holotype: ZMH R04356 [boettgeri] 
Diagnosis 
CommentU. ebenaui was paraphyletic with respect to U. phantasticus in a study by GREENBAUM et al. (2007).

This species is characterized by (1) an almost straight line of dermal folds between the eyes (interorbital ridge) that connects the supraciliary spines, (2) a short (TaL/SVL 0.216–0.398, mean 0.317± 0.07) and narrow (TalW/SVL 0.047–0.088, mean 0.066± 0.02) original tail; (3) relatively short forelimbs (ForL/SVL 0.333–0.421, mean 0.382± 0.03); and (4) a blackish oral mucosa [from RATSOAVINA et al. 2011]. 
EtymologyNamed after Karl Ebenau, a zoologist who was German Consul in Madagascar (1880-1890), and who accompanied both Stumpff and Boettger. 
References
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