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Lygodactylus blanci PASTEUR, 1967

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blanc's Dwarf Gecko 
SynonymLygodactylus blanci PASTEUR 1967
Lygodactylus blanci — KLUGE 1993
Lygodactylus blanci — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 284
Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) blanci — RÖSLER 2000: 92
Lygodactylus blanci — PUENTE et al. 2009: 37
Lygodactylus blanci —RÖLL et al. 2010
Lygodactylus blanci — GIPPNER et al. 2021 
DistributionC Madagascar

Type locality: Mont Ibity, 25 km SE Antsirabé, C Madagascar, elevation 2000-2100 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1966.1003 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large species, endemic to high elevations on Ibity mountain. Assigned to the L. mirabilis group based on its partially keeled dorsal scales and slight ocellated/striated polymorphism of the dorsal pattern. L. blanci differs from L. mirabilis by being larger (maximum SVL 39.2 mm vs. 29.3 mm), having more preanal pores in males (10–12 vs. 7), a well developed first finger with claw (vs. first finger absent), and partially keeled dorsal scales (vs. fully keeled). It differs from L. intermedius by being larger (maximum SVL 39.2 mm vs. 30.9 mm), by having 10–12 preanal pores in males (vs. seven), a claw on the first finger (vs. claw absent), and partially keeled dorsal scales (versus fully keeled). It differs from L. montanus by presence of a claw on the first finger (vs. absence). Lygodactylus blanci occurs on Mont Ibity in sympatry with L. arnoulti which differs by a grey (vs. brown) ground colour, granular dorsal scales (vs. partially keeled), and a strongly whorled tail (vs. without whorls). (PUENTE et al. 2009) 
CommentHabitat: L. blanci was only found on the summital area itself, in an area characterized by large rocks, very little vegetation, and a quartzitic sand substrate.

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after Charles Pierre Blanc (born 1933), French herpetologist. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Gippner, Sven, Scott L Travers, Mark D Scherz, Timothy J Colston, Mariana L Lyra, Ashwini V Mohan, Malte Multzsch, Stuart V. Nielsen, Loïs Rancilhac, Frank Glaw, Aaron M. Bauer, Miguel Vences 2021. A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Dwarf Geckos of the Genus Lygodactylus, with Insights into Their Systematics and Morphological Variation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107311 - get paper here
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Krüger, Jens 2001. Die madagassischen Gekkoniden. Teil II: Die Geckos der Gattung Lygodactylus GRAY 1864 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 3-28
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Pasteur, G. 1967. Note préliminaire sur les geckos du genre Lygodactylus rapportés par Charles Blanc du Mont Ibity (Madagascar). Bulletin du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 39:439—443.
  • PUENTE, MARTA; FRANK GLAW, DAVID R. VIEITES & MIGUEL VENCES 2009. Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2103: 1-76 - get paper here
  • Röll, Beate; Heike Pröhl, Klaus-Peter Hoffmann 2010. Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 327-335 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
 
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