Lygodactylus montiscaeruli JACOBSEN, 1992

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Makgabeng Dwarf Gecko
Synonym	Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli JACOBSEN 1992: 534 Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli — BRANCH 1998 Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013 Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli — BATES et al. 2014: 121 Lygodactylus montiscaeruli — TRAVERS et al. 2014 Lygodactylus montiscaeruli — STANDER 2023: 154
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Transvaal) Type locality: Farm Beauley 260LR (23°4’S, 29°0’E), Bochum district, Transvaal (now Limpopo Province)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 58995; paratypes: TM
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: differing from L. nigropunctatus and L. incognitus in having chin shields numbering two or three, precloacal pores seven or eight and median subcaudals arranged 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, while it appears to be restricted in range to the Makgabeng hills and Blouberg.
Comment	Distribution: see map in Jacobsen 1992: 535 (Fig. 2).
Etymology	Named after Latin montis, mountain + Latin caeruleus, blue. ["…The subspecific epithet refers to the Blouberg (Blue mountain) which appears to form the centre of distribution of the taxon…"].
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Jacobsen N H G. 1992. NEW LYGODACTYLUS TAXA (REPTILIA: GEKKONIDAE) FROM THE TRANSVAAL. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 43 (4): 527- 542. - get paper here Kirchhof, S., M. Krämer, J. Linden & K. Richter 2010. The reptile species assemblage of the Soutpansberg (Limpopo Province, South Africa) and its characteristics. Salamandra 46 (3): 147-166 - get paper here Mashinini, P. L. and Mahlangu, L. M. 2013. An annotated catalogue of the types of gekkonid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 165-181 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 Stander, R.I. 2023. The Reptiles of the Limpopo Province and Kruger National Park. Herp Nomad, Polokwane, South Africa, 367 pp. - get paper here Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Travers, Scott L.; Todd R. Jackman, Aaron M. Bauer 2014. A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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