Lygodactylus tchokwe MARQUES, CERIACO, BUEHLER, BANDEIRA, JANOTA & BAUER, 2020
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Lygodactylus tchokwe
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Tchokwe Dwarf Gecko Portuguese: Osga-Anã-Quioca |
| Synonym | Lygodactylus tchokwe MARQUES, CERIACO, BUEHLER, BANDEIRA, JANOTA & BAUER 2020: 343 Lygodactylus capensis — LAURENT 1964: 31 Lygodactylus angolensis — MARQUES et al. 2018: 188 [part] |
| Distribution | Angola Type locality: Alto Cuílo, Lunda Sul Province, northeastern Angola [-10.0°, 19.58333°, 1256m a.s.l.] |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MD 5312b, collected by an unidentified local, on November 1954. Paratype. Two adult males (MD 5312a, 5312c) and one adult female (MD 5312d), with the same collecting data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium sized Lygodactylus species. Lygodactylus tchokwe sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characteristics: 1) three scales surrounding the nostril (one supranasal, 1st supralabial and one postnasal); 2) nostrils separated from the rostral and pierced between supranasal and the up- per limit of first supralabial; 3) mental followed by three postmentals; 4) first infralabial < 25–50% overlap with postpostmental; 5) 15 to 16 rows of ventral scales at midbody; 6) 2–4 precloacal pores; 7) median subcaudals (in a rengenerated tail) arranged in a row about 1⁄4 or less of the width of the tail (Fig. 4E); 8) venter cream 9) gular region without markings (MARQUES et al. 2020). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet “tchokwe” is given in honor of the dominant ethnolinguistic group of the region where the species exists. |
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