Hemidactylus barbouri LOVERIDGE, 1942

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Barbour’s Leaf-toed Gecko
Synonym	Hemidactylus tropidolepis barbouri LOVERIDGE 1942: 320 Hemidactylus squamulatus barbouri — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 10 Hemidactylus squamulatus barbouri — RÖSLER 2000: 87 Hemidactylus barbouri — RÖSLER 2015 Hemidactylus barbouri — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 85
Distribution	coastal Kenya from Malindi south to Tanga, Tanzania. Type locality: Changamwe, Kenya
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ R-40907
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “It belongs to that section of the genus characterized by the possession of imbricate scales, instead of granules or tubercles on the dorsum. From its nearest allies it may be differentiated as follows: (see table in Loveridge 1942: 321). The keeling, quite apart from other characters, distinguishes barbouri from homoeolepis, ophiolepis, isolcpis and the so-called Bunocnemis modestus.” (Loveridge 1942: 321).
Comment	See also H. squamulatus.
Etymology	Named after Thomas Barbour (1884-1946), American zoologist.
References	Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Loveridge, A. 1942. Scientific results of a fourth expedition to forested areas in east and central Africa. IV. Reptiles. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 237-373 - get paper here Malonza, Patrick K.; David M. Mulwa, Joash O. Nyamache, Georgina Jones 2017. Biogeography of the Shimba Hills ecosystem herpetofauna in Kenya. Zoological Research 38(5): 1-11 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54 Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
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