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Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus HENLE & BÖHME, 2003

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymHemidactylus pseudomuriceus HENLE & BÖHME 2003
Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus — RÖSLER 2015 
DistributionSE Nigeria, W Cameroon (Jingwe (Yingui)

Type locality: vicinity of the camp oppostie Petite Île, Parc National d’Azagny, Cöte d’Ivoire.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZFMK 42209, paratypes in ZFMK 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus belongs to the muriceus-group as defined above. It differs from all other taxa in this group by the combination of the following characters: a distinctly enlarged central row of hexagonal scales on the ventral surface of the tail (Fig. 3a); thumb normal, with claw; 14 - 17 preanal pores in males; number of scansors on the ventral surface of the first and fourth toe low (5 - 6 respectively 7 - 10).


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CommentHabitat: The species inhabits primary forest near Raphia swamps.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.

Distribution: not in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Central African Republic, according to ICUN map. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek pseudo (ψευδο), false, untrue, mistaken, in allusion to its similarity to H. muriceus. 
References
  • Bauer, Aaron M., Matthew LeBreton, Laurent Chirio, Ivan Ineich and Marcell T. Kouete 2006. New species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Cameroon. African Journal of Herpetology 55 (2):83-93. - get paper here
  • BAUER,A.M.; S. TCHIBOZO, O.S.G. PAUWELS & G. LENGLET 2006. A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 1242: 1-20 - get paper here
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • HENLE, K. & W. BÖHME 2003. A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from West Africa, and comments on species hitherto confused with H. muriceus. African Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 23-38 - get paper here
  • Jackson, Kate 2008. MEAN AND LOWLY THINGS - Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo. Harvard University Press, 336 pp. - get paper here
  • Jackson, Kate; Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Lis-Bethy Mavoungou, and Serge Pangou 2007. Amphibians and Reptiles of the LacTélé Community Reserve, Likouala Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Herp. Cons. Biol. 2 (2): 75-86 - get paper here
  • KOPPETSCH, T. & W. BÖHME 2017. Erstnachweis von Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus Henle & Böhme, 2003 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) aus der Zentralafrikanischen Republik (RCA). Sauria 39 (2): 63-67 - get paper here
  • KOPPETSCH, T. & W. BÖHME 2018. First record of Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus Henle & Böhme, 2003 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Central African Republic (RCA). Sauria 40 (4): 63 - 67 - get paper here
  • Léonard, K. A., Emmanuel, A. N. G., N’guessan, G., Simplice, K. G., & Roland, T. M. 2022. First record of Seven Species of Lizards in Taï National Park (South West, Côte d’Ivoire). International Journal of Zoological and Entomological Letters 2(2): 36-41 - 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
  • Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54
  • Trape, J.F.; Trape, S. & Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 pp. - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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