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Bauerius ansorgii (BOULENGER, 1907)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPhyllodactylus ansorgii BOULENGER 1907: 212
Phyllodactylus ansorgii — LOVERIDGE 1947: 246
Phyllodactylus ansorgii — KLUGE 1993
Afrogecko ansorgii — BAUER et al. 1997: 476
Afrogecko ansorgii — HEINICKE et al. 2014
Bauerius ansorgii — LOBON-ROVIRA et al. 2022 
DistributionW Angola (Maconjo/Benguela; Mocamedes Province)

Type locality: Maconjo, Benguela, Angola; restricted to the vicinity of the streams Conjo, Conjo Pequeno, and Cocumba (12°52’S, 13°21’E, 355 m asl), 20 km south of Uche, Benguela Province, Angola, by Vaz Pinto et al. 2019.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.24.52-53, adult females (NHMUK) 
Diagnosis 
CommentAbundance: This species was only known from the type specimens (Heinicke et al. 2014) until it was rediscovered by Vaz Pinto et al. 2019.

Type species: Phyllodactylus ansorgii BOULENGER 1907: 212 is the type species of the genus Bauerius LOBON-ROVIRA et al. 2022. Phyllodactylus ansorgii is rather distantly related to Afrogecko porphyreus, hence LOBON-ROVIRA et al. 2022 erected a new genus for this clade. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the type, Dr. W.J. Ansorge.

The genus was named after Professor Aaron M. Bauer, renowned herpetologist at Villanova University (USA), in recognition of his large contributions to African herpetology, mainly to the biodiverse Gekkonidae group. The name is a conversion to the Latin nominative of the name “Bauer”. 
References
  • 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
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1907. Descriptions of three new lizards and a new frog, discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19: 212—214. - 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
  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
  • Vaz Pinto P, Luis Veríssimo L, Branch WR. 2019. Hiding in the bushes for 110 years: rediscovery of an iconic Angolan gecko (Afrogecko ansorgii Boulenger, 1907, Sauria: Gekkonidae). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 29–41 (e182) - get paper here
 
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