Hemidactylus gubanensis MAZUCH, JANÁK, VELENSKÁ, NISTRI, ABDIRAHMAN ELMI & ŠMÍD, 2024
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Hemidactylus gubanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Guban gecko Somali: Qoroto [pronounced Koroto] |
| Synonym | Hemidactylus gubanensis MAZUCH, JANÁK, VELENSKÁ, NISTRI, ABDIRAHMAN ELMI & ŠMÍD 2024: 8 Hemidactylus sinaitus — PARKER 1942 Hemidactylus sinaitus — LANZA 1983, 1990 Hemidactylus sinaitus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2006 (in part) Hemidactylus sinaitus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010 (in part) Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus — LOVERIDGE 1947 (in part) Hemidactylus afarensis — ŠMÍD et al. 2020 (in part) Hemidactylus afarensis — SPAWLS et al. 2023 (in part) |
| Distribution | Somaliland Type locality: Somaliland, Sahil Region, 1 km west of Girigoyan (or Gari Goan, Gorigaan) Mountain (10.297° N, 44.996° E; datum WGS84 hereafter, 261 m above sea level [asl]) |
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| Types | Holotype: NMP-P6V 76683 (sample code TMHC_998), adult male, collected by T. Mazuch on 27 January 2022 (Figures 4, 5, 6a). Paratypes (four): NMP-P6V 76682 (sample code TMHC_997), adult female, NMP-P6V 76684 (sample code TMHC_999), adult male; same collection data as the holotype. NMP-P6V 76680 (sample code S22-03), juvenile (Figure 6b), NMP-P6V 76681 (sample code TMHC_996), adult male; Somaliland, Sahil Region, 1 km north-west of Girigoyan (or Gari Goan) Mountain (10.309° N, 45.0° E, 241 m asl), collected by T. Mazuch on 25 January 2022. Other material (16): TMHC 2024.01.1036, TMHC 2024.01.1038-1039, adult males, TMHC 2024.01.1037, adult female; Somaliland, Awdal Region, 3.5 km north-west of Jidhi village (10.636° N, 43.043° E, 468 m asl), collected by T. Mazuch, D. Hlaváč, P. Konečný, H. Sh. A. Elmi on 15 November 2023. TMHC 2024.01.1040–1041, adult females; Somaliland, Awdal Region, 1 km north-west of Gargara Galbeed (10.774° N, 43.031° E, 350 m asl), collected by T. Mazuch, D. Hlaváč, P. Konečný, H. Sh. A. Elmi on 15 November 2023. TMHC 2024.01.1042, TMHC 2024.01.1044, TMHC 2024.01.1047, adult males, TMHC 2024.01.1043, TMHC 2024.01.1045–1046, adult females; Somaliland, Sahil Region, 6 km east-southeast of Xagal village, (10.235° N, 45.793° E, 185 m asl), collected by T. Mazuch, D. Hlaváč, P. Konečný, H. Sh. A. Elmi on 22 November 2023. TMHC 2017.12.872-873, adult females (Figure 6c); Somaliland, Awdal Region, Geerissa village (10.629° N, 43.441° E, 223 m asl), collected by T. Mazuch on 11 September 2017. NHMUK 1937.12.5.293, adult male; Somaliland, Awdal Region, ca. 25 km south-western of Geerissa (10.5° N, 43.25° E, 485 m asl), collected by R.H.R. Taylor on 18 April 1933. NHMUK 1937.12.5.294, juvenile male; Somaliland, Awdal Region, ca. 25 km west of Zeila (11.416667° N, 43.25° E, 29 m asl), collected by R.H.R. Taylor on 9 January 1934. The NHMUK specimens were compared based on photographs but were not included in the morphological analysis. |
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