Hemidactylus faustus LOBÓN-ROVIRA, CONRADIE, IGLESIAS, ERNST, VERÍSSIMO, BAPTISTA & PINTO, 2021
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Hemidactylus faustus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Hemidactylus faustus LOBÓN-ROVIRA, CONRADIE, IGLESIAS, ERNST, VERÍSSIMO, BAPTISTA & PINTO 2021: 490 |
| Distribution | Angola (Malanje Province, Pungo Andongo). Type locality: Angola (Malanje Province, Pungo Andongo). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: FKH0281, adult female, collected by Pedro Vaz Pinto and Javier Lobon-Rovira. Paratypes: MNCN50535, ZMB 90447, FKH0023. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A robust medium sized Hemidactylus, with SVL of 39.4 mm (mean) and maximum width of 7.4 mm (Fig. 15). 8–9 supralabials and 7–8 infralabials. Dorsal pholidosis with 15–17 rows of moderate keeled tubercle scales and ventral pholidosis with 29–32 smooth and rounded scale rows around midbody. Hemidactylus faustus sp. nov. present a moderate, triangular mental scale, two large postmentals followed by two large post-postmentals. Tail with thickness at the base tail with conical tubercle rows laterally. Regenerated tail with regular larger scales. Males with 17–19 continuous precloacal-femoral pores. Five or six divided scansors beneath the first digit of both manus and pes, seven beneath the fourth digit of manus, eight or nine beneath the fourth digit of pes. Dorsum coloration with two darker dorsolateral bands from the occiput to the tail, which includes 5 W-shaped darker crossbands in contact with both lateral bands; each dark crossbar is separated by lighter blotches. (Lobon-Rovira et al. 2021) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The name “faustus” applies to a Latin word that designate ‘good luck’, evoking the serendipitous discovery of this species. The species epithet is used as a masculine adjective singular. The first specimen was found by Beatriz Vaz Pinto, daughter of PVP, under a small stone which was removed while preparing a campsite. This unexpected find led to further collecting of this new and previously unrecorded form, albeit from a locality that had been regularly surveyed since the mid-19th century. (Lobon-Rovira et al. 2021) |
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