Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus HENLE & BÖHME, 2003

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus HENLE & BÖHME 2003 Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus — RÖSLER 2015
Distribution	Ivory Coast, W Cameroon (Jingwe (Yingui), Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Central African Republic Type locality: vicinity of the camp oppostie Petite Île, Parc National d’Azagny, Cöte d’Ivoire.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZFMK 42209, paratypes in ZFMK
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus belongs to the muriceus-group as defined above. It differs from all other taxa in this group by the combination of the following characters: a distinctly enlarged central row of hexagonal scales on the ventral surface of the tail (Fig. 3a); thumb normal, with claw; 14 - 17 preanal pores in males; number of scansors on the ventral surface of the first and fourth toe low (5 - 6 respectively 7 - 10).
Comment	Habitat: The species inhabits primary forest near Raphia swamps.
Etymology	Named in allusion to its similarity to H. muriceus.
References	Bauer, Aaron M., Matthew LeBreton, Laurent Chirio, Ivan Ineich and Marcell T. Kouete 2006. New species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Cameroon. African Journal of Herpetology 55 (2):83-93. - get paper here BAUER,A.M.; S. TCHIBOZO, O.S.G. PAUWELS & G. LENGLET 2006. A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 1242: 1-20 - get paper here Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp. HENLE, K. & W. BÖHME 2003. A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from West Africa, and comments on species hitherto confused with H. muriceus. African Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 23-38 - get paper here Jackson, Kate 2008. MEAN AND LOWLY THINGS - Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo. Harvard University Press, 336 pp. - get paper here Jackson, Kate; Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Lis-Bethy Mavoungou, and Serge Pangou 2007. Amphibians and Reptiles of the LacTélé Community Reserve, Likouala Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Herp. Cons. Biol. 2 (2): 75-86 - get paper here KOPPETSCH, T. & W. BÖHME 2017. Erstnachweis von Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus Henle & Böhme, 2003 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) aus der Zentralafrikanischen Republik (RCA). Sauria 39 (2): 63-67 - get paper here KOPPETSCH, T. & W. BÖHME 2018. First record of Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus Henle & Böhme, 2003 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Central African Republic (RCA). Sauria 40 (4): 63 - 67 - get paper here Léonard, K. A., Emmanuel, A. N. G., N’guessan, G., Simplice, K. G., & Roland, T. M. 2022. First record of Seven Species of Lizards in Taï National Park (South West, Côte d’Ivoire). International Journal of Zoological and Entomological Letters 2(2): 36-41 - 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 Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54 Trape, J.F.; Trape, S. & Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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