Lygodactylus gamblei LOBÓN-ROVIRA, BAUER, PINTO, TRAPE, CONRADIE, KUSAMBA, JÚLIO, CAEL, STANLEY, HUGHES, BEHANGANA, MASUDI, PAUWELS & GREENBAUM, 2023
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Lygodactylus gamblei
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Lygodactylus gamblei LOBÓN-ROVIRA, BAUER, PINTO, TRAPE, CONRADIE, KUSAMBA, JÚLIO, CAEL, STANLEY, HUGHES, BEHANGANA, MASUDI, PAUWELS & GREENBAUM 2023: 37 |
| Distribution | Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga: Tanganyika) Type locality: Manono, Tanganyika Province, DRC, S07.29363, E27.39472, 634 m a.s.l. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: UTEP 22587 (ELI 340), male with regenerated tail and ventral incision, collected on 19 January 2010 by locals and brought to Eli Greenbaum. Paratypes (nine specimens): UTEP 22584 (ELI 293), female with original tail and ventral incision, collected at Mulongo, Haut-Lomami Province, DRC, S07.65509, E27.34027, 875 m a.s.l. on 18 January 2010 by Chifundera Kusamba, Wandege M. Muninga, Mwenebatu M. Aristote, and Eli Greenbaum; RBINS 2721 (formerly under RBINS 6157), adult male, collected at Rivière Kande, affluent de la rive gauche de la Lupiala et sous- affluent de la rive droite de la Lufira, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC, 700–730 m a.s.l., on 4–8 October 1947; RBINS 2722 (formerly under RBINS 6160), adult male collected at Rivière Lukawe, affluent de la rive droite de la Lufira, Upemba NP, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC, 700 m a.s.l. on 28 October 1947; RBINS 2723 and RBINS 6124 (formerly under RBINS 6124), male and female, respectively, collected at Munoi, bifurcation de la rivière Lupiala, affluent de la rive droite de la Lufira, Upemba NP, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC, 890 m a.s.l. on 3 June 1948; RBINS 2725–27 (formerly in a series of nine specimens under RBINS 6122), two males and one female, re- spectively, collected at Munoi, bifurcation de la rivière Lupiala, affluent de la rive droite de la Lufira, Upemba NP, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC, 890 m a.s.l. on 28–31 May 1947; RBINS 2728 (formerly under RBINS 6156), collected at Kaswabilenga, région du cours inférieur de la Lupiala, affluent de la rive droite de la Lufira, Upemba NP, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC, 700 m a.s.l. on 31 January 1949. All paratype material from RBINS was collected by G.-F. de Witte during his expeditions in the former Katanga region between 1946 and 1949. Additional material: RMCA R.8933, male, collected at Kapanga, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC, in September 1932 by G.F. Overlaet; RBINS 6121 and RBINS 20749 (formerly in RBINS 6121 series), male and female, respectively, collected at Kambi, affluent de la Grande Kafwe (Masombwe), Upemba NP, Haut- Katanga Province, DRC, on 25–27 July 1945 by G.-F. de Witte; RBINS 6139 (male) and RBINS 20748 (female) (formerly in RBINS 6139 series), collected at Mabwe, Upemba NP, Haut- Lomami Province, DRC, in August 1945 by G.-F. de Witte. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large Lygodactylus [SVL to 39.8 mm (mean 36.1 ± 2.1 mm)] with 6–9 supralabials and 6–7 infralabials. As with other Lygodactylus within the L. gutturalis group, this species can be easily differentiated from theL. angularis group species by the gular ornamentation, dorsal pattern, and lack of terminal scansors on the tail tip, and from other members of the L. picturatus group based on dorsal coloration and gular pattern (see L. gutturalis account). Lygodactylus gamblei sp. nov. can be differentiated from other members within the L. gutturalis subgroup by the following combination of characters: dorsal coloration lacking dorsolateral series of cream ocelli on flanks (present in L. gutturalis, L. karamoja sp. nov., L. kibera sp. nov., and L. dysmicus), with two parallel dorsolateral lines from head to forelimbs, the lower line extending on to the anterior side of the forelimb, reaching the cubital fossa (Fig. 25B); males usually with three ∩-shaped chevrons (vs. one or two in L. depressus; a broken chevron in L. leopardinus sp. nov.; and the exceptional inverted Y-shaped pattern in L. mirabundus sp. nov.) and thicker gular lines than L. gutturalis, L. dysmicus, and L. karamoja sp. nov.. Lygodactylus gamblei sp. nov. always has three postmental scales, with the lateral pair separated by a posterior extension of the mental (Fig. 25A). It can be differentiated from L. karamoja sp. nov., L. kibera sp. nov., and L. leopardinus sp. nov. by having a proportionally larger tibia (CL/SVL ≥ 0.19 vs. CL/SVL ≤ 0.17). As in its sister taxon L. leopardinus sp. nov., females lack gular patterning (present in all the other members of the group, Fig. 25A). Lygodactylus gamblei sp. nov. can be differentiated from L. mirabundus sp. nov. by having a lower number of precloacal pores (7–9 vs. 10) and by subtle morphometric differences (Table 3). (Lobón-Rovira et al. 2023) |
| Comment | Distribution: for a map of localities see Lobón-Rovira et al. 2023: 18 (Fig. 6). |
| Etymology | Named after American evolutionary biologist and herpetologist Tony Gamble of Marquette University, in recognition of his substantial contributions to the evolutionary biology of geckos. The name is a patronym formed in the genitive case. |
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