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Urocotyledon palmata (MOCQUARD, 1902)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Congo Palm Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus palmatus MOCQUARD 1902: 410
Diplodactylus palmatus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 253
Phyllodactylus palmatus — UNDERWOOD 1954: 472
Phyllodactylus palmatus — WERMUTH 1965: 141
Urocotyledon palmata — KLUGE 1993
Urocotyledon palmata — RÖSLER 1995: 162
Urocotyledon palmata — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007: 146 
DistributionCameroon, Gabon, W Congo (Brazzaville) (WELCH 1994, WERMUTH 1965)

Type locality: 50 km west of Lambarene, French Equatorial Africa.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 1901.0527 and MNHN-RA 1901.0528 (2 syntypes) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (33 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentNot listed for the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Broadley (1998).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin palmata, webbed. ["...Membres courts, robustes, bordés en arrière d’un repli membraneux qui est très large sur le membre postérieur. Doigts à demi palmés, les orteils aux trois quarts…"]. 
References
  • Carlino, P. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2015. An Updated Reptile List of Ivindo National Park, the Herpetofaunal Hotspot of Gabon. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 50(3): 25-39 - get paper here
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Kluge, A.G. 1983. Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. Copeia 1983 (2): 465-475 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
  • Mocquard, F. 1902. Sur des reptiles et batraciens de l’Afrique Orientale Anglaise, du Gabon et de la Guinée Francaise (Région de Kouroussa). Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 8: 404—417. - get paper here
  • Pauwels, O.S.G. & Vande Weghe, J.P. 2008. Les reptiles du Gabon. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: 272 pp. - get paper here
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Underwood, Garth 1954. On the classifcation and evolution of geckos. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 124 (3): 469-492
 
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