Quedenfeldtia moerens (CHABANAUD, 1916)
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Quedenfeldtia moerens
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| Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Atlas Day Gecko G: Atlas-Taggecko |
| Synonym | Gymnodactylus moerens CHABANAUD 1916 Quedenfeldtia moerens — ARNOLD 1990 Quedenfeldtia moerens — KLUGE 1993 Quedenfeldtia moerens — RÖSLER 1995: 152 Quedenfeldtia moerens — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Pristurus moerens — RÖSLER 2018: 23 |
| Distribution | W Morocco (Agadir, Tizi-nTest, between Taliouine and Tazenakht)Western Sahara Type locality: Telouet, Imi n´Tahout, Morocco. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: MNHN-RA 1916.0039, designated by Arnold 1990, who found that one of the syntypes (MNHN-RA 1916.0037) is Q. trachyblepharus. Paralectotypes: MNHN-RA 1916.0035-0041 and MNHN-RA 1916.0042 exchanged with British Museum in 1917: 4 males, 4 females. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Usually 23 or 22 presacral vertebrae (86% of cases, n =50); proximal autotomic caudal vertebrae with very short transverse processes (Fig. 2); first upper labial scale not reaching nostril and not fused to lower postnasal scale (Fig. 1); cloacal tubercles usually small, or absent; little sexual dichromatism; often fairly uniform above with small pale and darker spots which are not especially dense on flanks; frequently one to three light spots in shoulder region, which are sometimes transversely expanded and each border a dark spot immediately in front of them to produce an ocellus; dark colouring on posterior underside of males often extending to lower hind limbs. (Arnold 1990) |
| Comment | Synonymy: Listed as synonym of Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus by WERMUTH 1965 (following LOVERIDGE 1947). |
| Etymology | Named after Max Quedenfeldt (1851-1891), German naturalist who mainly worked on beetles. |
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