Afroedura vazpintorum BRANCH, SCHMITZ, LOBÓN-ROVIRA, BAPTISTA, ANTÓNIO & CONRADIE, 2021
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Afroedura vazpintorum
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Coastal Flat Gecko |
| Synonym | Afroedura vazpintorum BRANCH, SCHMITZ, LOBÓN-ROVIRA, BAPTISTA, ANTÓNIO & CONRADIE 2021: 75 Afroedura bogerti – BRANCH et al. 2017: 157 (part) Afroedura bogerti – MARQUES et al. 2018: 177 (part) Afroedura bogerti – BRANCH et al. 2019a: 287 (part) Afroedura cf. bogerti – BUTLER et al. 2019: 231 Afroedura bogerti (clade 2) – BRANCH et al. 2017: 146 Afroedura sp. – BAPTISTA et al. 2018: 400 |
| Distribution | Angola (Namibe, Benguela: coastal lowlands) Type locality: 1 km east of Farm Mucungo (-14.78361, 12.49694, 314 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. PEM R24118, adult female, collected by William R. Branch, Ninda L. Baptista and Pedro Vaz Pinto on 7 November 2015. Paratypes. Males: PEM R24114–5, collected 1 km east of Farm Mucungo (-14.78361, 12.49694, 314 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by William R. Branch, Ninda L. Baptista and Pedro Vaz Pinto on 7 November 2015. Females: PEM R24116–7, collected 1 km east of Farm Mucungo (-14.78361, 12.49694, 314 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola, by William R. Branch, Ninda L. Bap- tista and Pedro Vaz Pinto on 7 November 2015. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the greater ‘transvaalica’ group as it possesses two pairs of enlarged scansors per digit and a strongly verticillate and flattened tail (Jacobsen et al. 2014). Part of the A. bogerti-group which differs from other members of the ‘transvaalica’ group by having less than 86 mid-body scale rows (vs. 97–102 in A. gorongosa, 113–120 in A. loveridgei, 102–119 in A. transvaalica); by the rostral bordering the nostril (nostril excluded from rostral in A. loveridgei); by the anterior nasals always in contact (separated by 1–3 granules in A. gorongosa; always in broad contact in A. loveridgei; usually in broad contact in A. transvaalica ~ 3–18%); and in having 11–14 scales between the anterior borders of the eyes (19–22 in A. gorongosa; 15–19 in A. loveridgei; 15–20 in A. transvaalica) (comparative data fide Branch et al. 2017a). Afroedura vazpintorum sp. nov. differs from other members of the A. bogerti-group by a combination of the following characters (see Tables 3, 4): 73–86 (mean 80.3) mid-body scale rows (69–77 [mean 73.5] in A. boger- ti, 76–88 [mean 79.3] in A. wulfhaackei sp. nov., 64–78 [mean 72.8] in A. donveae sp. nov., 73–78 [mean 74.8] in A. praedicta sp. nov.); by the anterior nasals always in contact (similar to A. donveae and A. praedicta sp. nov.; ~ 33% of the time in contact in A. bogerti; ~ 68% of the time in contact in A. wulfhaackei sp. nov.); in each verticil having 5–6 (mean 5.0) ventral and 6–7 (mean 6.1) dorsal rows of scales (5–6 [mean 5.5] and 6–7 [mean 6.6] in A. donveae sp. nov.; 4 and 5 in A. bogerti and A. praedicta sp. nov., 4–5 [mean 4.0] and 5–6 [mean 5.1] in A. wulf- haackei sp. nov.); ventral surfaces immaculate (similar to A. donveae sp. nov.; greyish with black spot in A. bogerti, A. wulfhaackei sp. nov. and A. praedicta sp. nov.). Afro- edura vazpintorum sp. nov. differs from its sister lowland species A. donveae sp. nov. in being smaller (51.3 versus 57.6 mm average SVL), in having greater mid-body scale counts 73–86 (mean 80.3) versus 64–78 (mean 72.8), a lower number of precloacal pores (9–11 [mean 10.2] ver- sus 11–12 [mean 11.5]), duller colouration and less dis- tinct tail banding (versus bolder colouration and distinct tail banding) (Branch et al. 2021). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2798 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Branch et al. 2021: 57 (Fig. 1), Conradie et al. 2023: 280 (Fig. 3). |
| Etymology | This species is named in honour of father and son, Pedro and Afonso Vaz Pinto, two enthusiastic Angolan naturalists with whom WRB spent a great deal of time in the field, to recognise their contributions in collecting and studying Angolan herpetofauna. The name is constructed in the masculine plural genitive. |
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