Lygodactylus montanus PASTEUR, 1965

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mount Ivohibe Gecko
Synonym	Lygodactylus montanus PASTEUR 1965 Lygodactylus montanus — KLUGE 1993 Lygodactylus montanus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 284 Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) montanus — RÖSLER 2000: 93 Lygodactylus montanus — PUENTE et al. 2009: 42 Lygodactylus montanus — RÖLL et al. 2010 Lygodactylus montanus — GIPPNER et al. 2021
Distribution	SE Madagascar Type locality: Summit of Mount Ivohibé, SE Madagascar, 2100 m elevation
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1956.0071
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large species, endemic to high elevations on Ivohibe mountain and on the Andohahela/Anosy chains. Assigned to the L. mirabilis group based on its partially keeled dorsal scales and ocellated/striated polymorphism of the dorsal pattern. L. montanus differs from L. mirabilis by being larger (maximum SVL 37.5 mm vs. 29.3 mm), having more preanal pores in males (8–11 vs. 7), having a small but well developed first finger with claw (vs. first finger absent), and by having partially keeled dorsal scales (vs. fully keeled). It differs from L. intermedius by being larger (maximum SVL 37.5 mm vs. 30.9 mm), by having 8–11 preanal pores in males (vs. seven), and having partially keeled dorsal scales (versus fully keeled). It differs from L. blanci by absence of a claw on the first finger (vs. presence). (PUENTE et al. 2009)
Comment	Not listed for Tanzania by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991. PASTEUR’s paper was published only in 1965 although the journal was labeled “1964”. Habitat. According to Pasteur (1964) this species lives on rocks. At Andohahela, we found specimens during cloudy weather under stones which were laying on large and rather smooth outcrops of granitic rock.
Etymology	Named after Latin “montanus”, meaning “pertaining to mountains.
References	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 Pasteur, G. 1965. Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches. Bulletin du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 36: 311-314 [1964] 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, B. 2018. Tagaktive, kleine Geckos – die Gattung Lygodactylus. Reptilia 23 (132): 16-23 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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