Ptyodactylus togoensis TORNIER, 1901
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Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Togo Fan-footed gecko |
Synonym | Ptyodactylus hasselquistii var. togoensis TORNIER 1901: 68 Ptyodactylus hasselquistii togoensis — LOVERIDGE 1947: 283 Ptyodactylus togoensis — METALLINOU et al. 2015 Ptyodactylus togoensis — BAUER et al. 2017: 200 Ptyodactylus togoensis — TRAPE 2017 |
Distribution | Mauritania, Mali, Niger through S Algeria, SW Libya, N Chad; Burkina Faso to Togo and Nigeria, N Cameroon (fide Bauer et al. 2017)
Type locality: “Mangu” [= Mango, formerly Sansanné-Mango,Togo].
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: ZMB 16312, 16622 |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (33 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Synonymy: has been synonymized with P. ragazzi by Heimes 1987 but revalidated again by Metallinou et al. 2015.
Karyotype: Chrostek et al. 2023.
Distribution: See map in METALLINOU et al. 2015: 210 (Fig. 1). |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
References |
- Bauer, Aaron M.; Jonathan C. DeBoer , Dylan J. Taylor 2017. Atlas of the Reptiles of Libya. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 64 (8): 155-318 - get paper here
- Chrostek G, Domaradzka A, Yurchenko A, Kratochvíl L, Mazzoleni S, Rovatsos M 2023. Cytogenetic Analysis of Seven Species of Gekkonid and Phyllodactylid Geckos. Genes 14 (1): 178 - get paper here
- Heimes, P. 1987. Beitrag zur Systematik der Fächerfinger (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Ptyodactylus). Salamandra 23 (4): 212-235 - get paper here
- Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
- Metallinou, Margarita; Jan Cervenka, Pierre-Andre Crochet, Lukas Kratochvil, Thomas Wilms, Philippe Geniez, Mohammed Y. Shobrak, Jose C. Brito, Salvador Carranza 2015. Species on the rocks: Systematics and biogeography of the rock-dwelling Ptyodactylus geckos (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in North Africa and Arabia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85: 208-220 - get paper here
- Tornier,G. 1901. Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Togo. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1901, Beiheft: 65-88 - get paper here
- TRAPE, Jean-François 2017. Une nouvelle espèce de gecko palmé du genre Ptyodactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Sauria, Ptyodactilidae) de Mauritanie. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 163: 53-66
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