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Ramigekko swartbergensis (HAACKE, 1996)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Swartberg African Leaf-Toed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus swartbergensis HAACKE 1996
Afrogecko swartbergensis — BAUER et al. 1997
Afrogecko swartbergensis — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013
Afrogecko swartbergensis — BATES et al. 2014: 101
Ramigekko swartbergensis — HEINICKE et al. 2014 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Cape Fold Mountains)

Type locality: Swartberg Pass, near forestry quarters on north-facing slope, Groot Swartberge (33° 20’ S, 22° 02’ E; 3322Ac), altitude 1580 m, Oudtshoorn district, Western Cape Province, South Africa.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) 56468, adult male, collected by W. D. Haacke, 31 January 1983. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2000 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Phyllodactylus swartbergensis HAACKE 1996 is the type species of the genus Ramigekko HEINICKE et al. 2014. 
EtymologyThe species is named after the type locality. 
References
  • Barts, M. 2021. Geckos aus dem südlichen Afrika. DATZ 2021 (5): 24-34
  • 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.
  • Bauer A M. Good D A. Branch W R. 1997. The taxonomy of the Southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the description of five new genera. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447-497. - get paper here
  • Branch, William R.;Bauer, Aaron 1996. Notes on two poorly-known Phyllodactylus (Squamata: gekkonidae) from South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 4 (2): 127-134 [1997]
  • Haacke, W.D. 1996. Description of a new species of Phyllodactylus Gray (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa. Annals Transvaal Mus. 36 (18): 229-237. - get paper here
  • Heinicke, Matthew P.; Juan D. Daza, Eli Greenbaum, Todd R. Jackman & Aaron M. Bauer 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12 (1): 23-42, DOI:10.1080/14772000.2013.877999 - 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
 
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