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Homopholis mulleri VISSER, 1987

IUCN Red List - Homopholis mulleri - Least Concern, LR
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Muller's Velvet Gecko 
SynonymHomopholis mulleri VISSER 1987
Platypholis mulleri — KLUGE 1993
Homopholis mulleri — KLUGE & NUSSBAUM 1995
Homopholis mulleri — RÖSLER 2000: 89
Homopholis mulleri — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Limpopo Province, N Transvaal)

Type locality: farm ‘Command’, No. 588 Messina District, just east of Huntleigh Siding (22°43’S, 29°52’E) and 30 km northeast of Waterpoort, northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) 64393, adult male 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4607 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
Etymologynamed after the collector of the types, D. Muller (and J. Visser). 
References
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • Bauer, A.M. 2013. Geckos - The Animal Answer Guide. Johns Hopkins University Press, 159 pp.
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Broadley, Donald G.; Todd R. Jackman & Aaron M. Bauer 2014. A review of the genus Homopholis Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in southern Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 63 (2): 109-126; DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2014.930071 - get paper here
  • Kluge,A.G. & Nussbaum,R.A. 1995. A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata). Misc. Pub. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 183: 1-20 - get paper here
  • Mashinini, P. L. and Mahlangu, L. M. 2013. An annotated catalogue of the types of gekkonid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 165-181
  • PETFORD, M. & R. VAN HUYSSTEEN 2017. GEKKONIDAE: Homopholis mulleri Visser 1987 Muller’s Velvet Gecko. African Herp News (65): 38-39 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Visser J 1987. A new Homopholis (Sauria, Gekkonidae) from the northern Transvaal with a discussion of some generic characters. South African J Zoology 22 (2) 1987: 110-114 - get paper here
 
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