Hemidactylus cinganji LOBÓN-ROVIRA, CONRADIE, IGLESIAS, ERNST, VERÍSSIMO, BAPTISTA & PINTO, 2021
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Hemidactylus cinganji
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Hemidactylus cinganji LOBÓN-ROVIRA, CONRADIE, IGLESIAS, ERNST, VERÍSSIMO, BAPTISTA & PINTO 2021: 485 Hemidactylus benguellensis — BOCAGE 1893: 115 Hemidactylus benguellensis — BOCAGE 1895: 12 Hemidactylus benguellensis — MONARD 1937: 52 Hemidactylus benguellensis — MARQUES et al. 2018 Hemidactylus benguellensis — CERÍACO et al. 2020 [part] |
| Distribution | Angola (Highlands) Type locality: Angola (Benguela Prov., Ebanga) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: FKH0439, adult male, collected by Pedro Vaz Pinto and Javier Lobon-Rovira. Paratypes: FKH0413 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large sized Hemidactylus, with maximum SVL of 55 mm (mean) and maximum width of 10.5 mm (Fig. 13). Nine supralabials and 9–11 infralabials. Dorsal pholidosis with 13–18 rows of moderate strongly keeled tubercle scales and ventral pholidosis with 33–41 smooth and rounded scale rows on midbody. Hemidactylus cinganji sp. nov. present a moderate, triangular mental scale, two large postmentals followed by two medium post-post-mentals. Tail with six strongly keeled dorsal tubercles rows dorsally and subcaudal scales medium sized, interspersed by 11 horizontal whorls of keeled scales on the original portion of the tail. Males with 26–28 continuous precloacal-femoral pores and 1–4 postcloacal tail spurs. Six divided scansors beneath first digit of both manus and pes, seven or eight beneath fourth digit of manus, eight or nine beneath the fourth digit of pes. Dorsum presents dark orange-beige coloration across the body with darker coloration on the dorsal part of the head that continues along the medial part of the dorsum until the sacrum. (Lobon-Rovira et al. 2021) |
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| Etymology | The name “cinganji” is a widespread traditional word used in Angolan local languages that represents an ancestral spiritual entity that reincarnates assuming different physical forms in different places and occasions. This name is suitable as the new species corresponds to a taxon that was first described under a different name, then became lost and now resurfaces after its original name had been hijacked by a surrogate sister-species. The species epithet is used as a neuter singular noun in opposition to the generic name. |
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