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Afroedura otjihipa CONRADIE, SCHMITZ, LOBÓN-ROVIRA, BECKER, VAZ-PINTO & HAUPTFLEISCH, 2022

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Otjihipa Flat Gecko
Afrikaans: Otjihipa Platgeitjie 
SynonymAfroedura otjihipa CONRADIE, SCHMITZ, LOBÓN-ROVIRA, BECKER, VAZ-PINTO & HAUPTFLEISCH 2022: 446
Afroedura cf. bogerti – BRANCH 1998: 232
Afroedura cf. bogerti – GRIFFIN 2002: 20
Afroedura cf. bogerti – GRIFFIN 2003: 10
Afroedura cf. bogerti – HERRMANN & BRANCH 2013: 5 
DistributionNamibia

Type locality: Otjihipa Middleberg (-17.28314, 12.66506, 1,900 m a.s.l.), Kunene Region, Namibia  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NMNW R11253, adult female, collected by Morgan Hauptfleisch, Francois Becker, Vera De Cauwer, Wessel Swanepoel and Ernst van Jaarsveld on 23 April 2021.
Paratype. NMNW R11245, adult male (paired with female NMNW R11253 in same rock crack). Same collection details as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A member of the greater ‘transvaalica’ group as it possesses two pairs of enlarged scansors per digit and a strongly verticillate and flattened tail (Jacobsen et al. 2014). Part of the A. bogerti group which differs from other members of the ‘transvaalica’ group by having less than 72 mid-body scale rows (vs. 97–102 in A. gorongosa, 113–120 in A. loveridgei, 102–119 in A. transvaalica); rostral excluded from the nostril (in contact in A. gorongosa); supranasals always in contact (separated by 1–3 granules in A. gorongosa; always in broad contact in A. loveridgei; usually in broad contact in A. transvaalica ~ 3–18%); and 15–16 scales between anterior borders of the eyes (19–22 in A. gorongosa, 15–19 in A. loveridgei, 15–20 in A. transvaalica) (comparative data from Branch et al. 2017, 2021).
Afroedura otjihipa sp. nov. differs from other members of the A. bogerti group by a combination of the following characteristics (see Tables 5 and 7): 65–67 (mean 66.0) mid-body scale rows (64–78 [mean 72.8] in A. donveae, 69–77 [mean 73.5] in A. bogerti, 73–78 [mean 74.8] in A. praedicta, 78–82 (mean 79.5) in A. pundomontana sp. nov.; 76–88 [mean 79.3] in A. wulfhaackei, 73–86 [mean 80.3] in A. vazpintorum); supranasals always in contact (similar to A. donveae, A. vazpintorum, A. praedicta and A. pundomontana sp. nov.; in contact in ~ 33% of A. bogerti; in contact in ~ 57% of A. wulfhaackei); each tail verticil comprises 5 ventral and 6 dorsal rows of scales (mean 4 ventral and 5 dorsal in A. bogerti, A. praedicta and A. wulfhaackei; 4–5 (mean 4.4) ventral and 5–6 (mean 5.6) dorsal in A. pundomontana sp. nov.; 5–6 [mean 5.5] ventral and 6–7 [mean 6.6] dorsal in A. donveae; 5–6 [mean 5.0] ventral and 6–7 [mean 6.1] dorsal A. vazpintorum); ventral surfaces light cream and almost immaculate, with some scattered dark spots near lateral edges (similar to A. donveae and A. vazpintorum; greyish with black spots in A. bogerti, A. wulfhaackei, A. praedicta and A. pundomontana sp. nov.); larger average adult size 58.2 mm SVL (versus 57.6 mm in A. donveae, 51.7 mm in A. wulfhaackei, 51.3 mm in A. vazpintorum; 50.3 mm in A. pundomontana sp. nov., 50.0 mm in A. bogerti, 49.9 mm A. praedicta), and by having very distinct black-and-white tail banding (similar to A. donveae). Afroedura otjihipa sp. nov. differs from its sister lowland species A. donveae in having a brown or copper coloured (versus black) iris, a relatively broader head (mean HL/HW 1.1 versus 1.3), and in dorsal colour pattern (Fig. 6): in A. otjihipa sp. nov. it is dominantly dark brown, the yellow appearing as small asymmetrical, irregular patches, and as irregular borders of four paired, asymmetrical, irregular, roughly triangular brown blotches, which merge at the scapular and sacral regions to form two additional bands (versus roughly symmetrical brown patterns on a mostly yellow background in A. donveae). (Conradie et al. 2022)


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CommentDistribution: See map in Conradie et al. 2023: 280 (Fig. 3). 
EtymologyThe new species is named in reference to the area it was collected, namely Otjihipa Mountains in northern Namibia. 
References
  • Branch, W. R. 1998. Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. 3rd ed. Fully Revised and Updated to Include 83 New Species. Ralph Curtis Books (Sanibel Island, Florida), 399 pp.
  • Conradie W, Schmitz A, Lobón-Rovira J, Becker FS, Vaz Pinto P, Hauptfleisch ML 2022. Rock island melody remastered: two new species in the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group from Angola and Namibia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 435-453 - get paper here
  • Conradie, W., Lobón-Rovira, J., Becker, F. S., Schmitz, A., & Pinto, P. V. 2023. Flat gecko (Afroedura) diversity, endemism and speciation in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment, 8, 277-281 - get paper here
  • Griffin M 2002. Annotated Checklist and Provisional National Conser- vation Status of Namibian Reptiles. Technical Reports of Scientific Services. Number 1. Directorate of Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Windhoek, 180 pp
  • GRIFFIN, M. 2003. Annotated Checklist and Provisional National Conservation Status of Namibian Reptiles. Namibia Scientific Society, Windhoek. [2] + 169 pp.
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2023. Liste der im Jahr 2022 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2023 (3): 48-73
 
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