Afrogecko ansorgii (BOULENGER, 1907)
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Synonym | Phyllodactylus ansorgii BOULENGER 1907 Phyllodactylus ansorgii — LOVERIDGE 1947: 246 Phyllodactylus ansorgii — KLUGE 1993 Afrogecko ansorgii — BAUER et al. 1997: 476 Afrogecko ansorgii — HEINICKE et al. 2014 |
Distribution | Angola (Maconjo/Benguela; Mocamedes Province)
Type locality: Maconjo, Benguela, Angola
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Types: BMNH 1946.8.24.52-53 (NHMUK) |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | This species is only known from the type specimens (Heinicke et al. 2014). |
Etymology | named after the collector of the type, Dr. W.J. Ansorge. |
References |
- Bauer A M. Good D A. Branch W R. 1997. The taxonomy of the Southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the description of five new genera. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447-497. - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Boulenger, G. A. 1907. Descriptions of three new lizards and a new frog, discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19: 212—214. - get paper here
- Heinicke, Matthew P.; Juan D. Daza, Eli Greenbaum, Todd R. Jackman & Aaron M. Bauer 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12 (1): 23-42, DOI:10.1080/14772000.2013.877999 - 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
- Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
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