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Geckolepis humbloti VAILLANT, 1887

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Comoran fish scale gecko 
SynonymGeckolepis humbloti VAILLANT 1887
Geckolepis humbloti — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2015 
DistributionGrande Comore (Comoro Islands), Madagascar

Type locality: Grande Comore  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntype: MNHN-RA 1885.0480–0482 (3 syntypes) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Geckolepis humbloti is a species of Geckolepis that differs from all other species of the genus by the following combination of characters (see also Table 2): maximum SVL (65.3 mm), number of scale rows around midbody (22–30), number of infralabials to level of anterior margin of eye (3.0–4.0), number of ventral scale rows from postmentals to vent (33–41), and mental scale condition—innermost pair of large postmental scales in contact with each other posterior to mental scale (type E) or separated by a median postmental scale (type F).


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CommentSynonymy: Geckolepis humbloti has been synonymized with G. maculata by ANGEL 1942. Most subsequent authors followed this, e.g. WERMUTH 1965, KLUGE et al. 1993. HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2015 resurrected humbloti as it is paraphyletic with maculata based on DNA data.

Behavior: nocturnal 
EtymologyNamed after Joseph-Henry Léon Humblot (1852-1914), French naturalist and entrepreneur. 
References
  • Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp.
  • Hawlitschek, Oliver 2016. Die Komoren, ein vergessener Hotspot der Diversität. Terraria-Elaphe 2016 (6): 52-55 - get paper here
  • Hawlitschek, Oliver; Mark D. Scherz; Nicolas Straube, Frank Glaw 2015. Resurrection of the Comoran fish scale gecko Geckolepis humbloti Vaillant, 1887 reveals a disjunct distribution caused by natural overseas dispersal. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, doi:10. 1007/ s13127-015-0255-1 - get paper here
  • Kluge A G 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxonomy. International Gecko Society, San Diego, 245 pp.
  • Vaillant, L. 1887. Matériaux pour servir & l’historie herpétologique des Iles Comores. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 11:131-136. - get paper here
  • Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich (80): 1—246
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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