Lygodactylus luteopicturatus PASTEUR, 1964

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Sauria (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies	Lygodactylus luteopicturatus zanzibaritis PASTEUR 1964 Lygodactylus luteopicturatus luteopicturatus PASTEUR 1964
Common Names	Yellow-headed dwarf gecko
Synonym	Lygodactylus luteopicturatus PASTEUR 1964 Lygodactylus luteopicturatus — KLUGE 1993 Lygodactylus luteopicturatus luteopicturatus PASTEUR 1964 Lygodactylus luteopicturatus luteopicturatus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 10 Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) luteopicturatus luteopicturatus — RÖSLER 2000: 93 Lygodactylus luteopicturatus zanzibaritis PASTEUR 1964 Lygodactylus luteopicturatus zanzibaritis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 10 Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) luteopicturatus zanzibaritis — RÖSLER 2000: 93
Distribution	S Kenya, E Tanzania, Zanzibar Island Type locality: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania [luteopicturatus] Type locality: Zanzibar, Tanzania [zanzibaritis] Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types
Comment	RÖLL (2004) synonymized Lygodactylus luteopicturatus with L. picturatus without discussing the status of L. l. zanzibaritis further.
References	Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Cimatti, E. 2005. Zanzibar - Zala Zoological Park. Reptilia (GB) (39): 62-68 - get paper here Jesus, José, António Brehm and D. James Harris. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Lygodactylus geckos from the Gulf of Guinea islands: Rapid rates of mitochondrial DNA sequence evolution? Herpetological Journal 16 (3):291-295 Malonza, Vincent; Beryl A. Bwong, Vincent Muchai 2011. Kitobo Forest of Kenya, a unique hotspot of herpetofaunal divers Acta Herpetologica 6 (2): 149-160 - get paper here Meerman, J.C. 1979. Enkele herpetologische waarnemingen in Tanzania. Lacerta 37 (10-11): 154-163 - get paper here Pasteur,G. 1964. Recherches sur l'évolution des lygodactyles, lézards Afro-Malagaches actuels. Trav. Inst. Scient. Chérif., Ser. Zool., No. 29: 1-132 Röll, B. 2004. Lygodactylus luteopicturatus PASTEUR 1965 [1964]: ein Synonym von Lygodactylus picturatus (PETERS 1870) (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Sauria, Berlin 26 (1): 31-35 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Spawls, S. & Rotich, D. 1997. An annotated checklist of the lizards of Kenya. J. East African Nat. Hist. 86: 61-83 - get paper here Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2001. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147]
External links	http://www.biotropics.com/html/echsen.html Google images Profile of Lygodactylus luteopicturatus on Reptarium

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