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Ancylodactylus kenyaensis MALONZA & BAUER, 2022

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAncylodactylus kenyaensis MALONZA & BAUER 2022: 106 
DistributionC Kenya

Type locality: Mt. Kenya Forest, Chuka Block, Meru, Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya (00.30101° S, 37.58712° E; 1680 m)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NMK-220L/2 (Field No. Chuka 2), adult male, collected 9 May 2019 by Patrick K. Malonza & Joash O. Nyamache.
Paratypes. NMK-220L/1 (Field No. Chuka 1), adult female, Mt. Kenya Forest, Chuka Block, Meru, Tharaka-Nithi Couinty, Kenya (00.30463° S, 37.56624° E; 1862 m), collected 9 May 2019, by Patrick K. Malonza & Joash O. Nyamache; NMK-L3888/2, adult female, Karura Forest, Nairobi County, Kenya (01.24068° S, 36.84965° E; 1663 m), collected 16 February 2017 by Patrick K. Malonza, Washington Wachira & Vincent Muchai; NMK-L3131/3, adult male, Ngaya Forest, Nyambene Hills, Meru County, Kenya (00.371667° N, 38.02114° E; 1232 m), collected 21–27 April 2008 by Patrick K. Malonza & Vincent Muchai; NMK-L3186/2, adult female, Chogoria Forest Block-Meru, Mt. Kenya Forest, Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya (00.23914° S, 37.58914° E; 1724 m), collected 6 March 2009 by Patrick K. Malonza, Joash Nyamache & Vincent Muchai. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large Ancylodactylus, (to 60 mm SVL in males and 65 mm in females). Dorsal scalation heterogeneous, minute granular scales with enlarged, irregularly-arranged, rounded tubercles in 11–14 irregular longitudinal rows at midbody, extending posteriorly from the nape or occiput. Limbs and digits long, with enlarged basal lamellae under and proximal to penultimate interphalangeal joint (6 under digit IV). Original tail slightly longer than SVL; dorsal scalation of tail lacking tubercles; median subcaudal scales with alternating pattern of single enlarged scales and pairs of somewhat smaller scales. Male precloacal pores in a single continuous row of eight. Dorsal pattern of chevrons, broken bands and spots on a light brown to grayish-brown background. Ventral coloration whitish with faint darker markings on throat and trunk. (MALONZA & BAUER 2022)


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CommentDistribution: see map in MALONZA & BAUER 2022: 104 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed for the Mt. Kenya region and the central Kenya highlands where the species occurs. 
References
  • MALONZA, P. K., & BAUER, A. M. 2022. Resurrection of the African gecko genus Ancylodactylus Müller, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of six new species from Kenya. Zootaxa 5141 (2): 101-139 - get paper here
 
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