Lygodactylus williamsi LOVERIDGE, 1952
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Lygodactylus williamsi
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Williams' Dwarf Gecko G: Türkisblauer Zwergtaggecko |
| Synonym | Lygodactylus picturatus williamsi LOVERIDGE 1952: 446 Lygodactylus picturatus williamsi — WERMUTH 1965: 107 Lygodactylus williamsi — KLUGE 1993 Lygodactylus williamsi — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 10 Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) williamsi — RÖSLER 2000: 95 Lygodactylus williamsi — RÖLL et al. 2010 Lygodactylus williamsi — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 115 |
| Distribution | NE Tanzania (Eastern Province) Type locality: Kimboza Forest, Eastern Province, Tanzania, 350 m |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMK (formerly Coryndon Museum, Nairobi), also given as MCZ 51500 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: In its scalation apparently indistinguishable from typical picturatas, occurring in the surrounding savannah region, but strikingly different in coloration. which may be defined as follows: Male williamsi. Above entire upper surfaces brilliant turquoise blue; from nostril through eye to nape is a broad black streak; three or four scales above this a sharply defined black chevron, one or two scales in width, extendy back to the nape except for a two- scale-wide interruption above each orbit; flanks finely speckled with black; limbs almost immaculate. Below, chin and throat turquolse blue overlald by an Ill-deñned black chevron on the mental and along the base of the labials; four parallel, broad, some- times coalescing, black streaks extend from chin to neck; forelimbs, chest, belly, and base of tail pale orange, deepening to orange towards the sides and on the hind limbs, rest of tail bluish grey. Male picturatus. Above, head and shoulders bright mustard-yellow, speckled and streaked with brownish black; body, limbs and tall blue-grey, uniform or flecked with brownish black such markings sometimes coalescing to form lines. Below, lablals mustard-yellow; throat uniformly deep velvety black, orly rarely showing truce. of chevrons; breast aud belly orange (fading to while on preservation); tail grey. (Loveridge 1952) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 520 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Conservation: FLECKS et al. (2012) suspect that commercial collection of this species for the pet trade is pushing this species to the brink of extinction. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after J.G. Williams, the collector of the type. |
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