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Hemidactylus boavistensis BOULENGER, 1906

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesHemidactylus boavistensis boavistensis BOULENGER 1906
Hemidactylus boavistensis chevalieri ANGEL 1935 
Common NamesE: Boavista Leaf-toed Gecko 
SynonymHemidactylus boavistensis BOULENGER 1906: 198
Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis — LOVERIDGE 1947: 121
Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis — MERTENS 1955: 5
Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis — WERMUTH 1965: 71
Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis — SCHLEICH 1987: 53
Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis — KÖHLER et al. 2007
Hemidactylus boavistensis —ARNOLD et al. 2008
Hemidactylus boavistensis — RÖSLER 2015
Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis — BRETEL 2018
Hemidactylus boavistensis — VASCONCELOS et al. 2020

Hemidactylus boavistensis chevalieri ANGEL 1935
Hemidactylus chevalieri ANGEL 1935: 166 (fide MERTENS 1955)
Hemidactylus boavistensis boavistensis — VASCONCELOS et al. 2020: 520 
DistributionCape Verde Islands (Boa Vista, Santa Maria)

boavistensis: Boa Vista Island; Type locality: Boa Vista Island.

chevalieri: Sal Island, Cabo Verde; Type locality: Santa Maria, Sal Island & unkown locality, Sal Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RMNH RENA 24123- 28, paratypes: MSNG [boavistensis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2036 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Aime Bouvier (died 1919), a French collector and zoologist who became Secretary of the French Zoological Society (1876). 
References
  • Arnold, E. N.; Vasconcelos, R.; Harris, D. J.; Mateo, J. A.; Carranza, S. 2008. Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) of the Cape Verde Islands: based on morphology and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Zoologica Scripta 37 (6): 619-636 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (3) 2: 196-216 - get paper here
  • Köhler, G.; Hertz, A.; Sunyer, J.; Seipp, R. & Monteiro, A. 2007. Herpetologische Forschungen auf den Kapverden unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kapverdischen Riesenskinks, Macroscincus coctei. Elaphe 15 (4): 62-66
  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1955. Die Eidechsen der Kapverden. Soc. Sci. fenn. Comment. biol. 15: 1-16
  • Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54
  • Schleich, H.H. 1987. Herpetofauna caboverdiana. Spixiana Suppl. (12) 75 pp. - get paper here
  • VASCONCELOS, R., KÖHLER, G., GENIEZ, P., & CROCHET, P. A. 2020. A new endemic species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from São Nicolau Island, Cabo Verde. Zootaxa 4878 (3): 501-522 - get paper here
  • Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich (80): 1—246
 
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