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Homopholis arnoldi LOVERIDGE, 1944

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymHomopholis wahlbergii arnoldi LOVERIDGE 1944: 2
Homopholis wahlbergii arnoldi — LOVERIDGE 1947: 305
Homopholis arnoldi — BROADLEY et al. 2014 
DistributionS Zimbabwe

Type locality: Mahalapsi River, Bechuanaland [= Mahalapye River, Botswana]  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 12581 
Diagnosis 
CommentDiet. A small sample of examined stomachs revealed beetles and alate termites most frequently, followed by grasshoppers and cockroaches (cf. Whiting et al. 27, data for H. wahlbergii).

Habitat. Field data for 38 specimens showed that 11 were taken on the walls of buildings, nine in rock crevices, five on the trunks of large trees, four under loose bark on dead trees, three in holes in tree trunks, three in the thatch of huts, two in swallows’ nests in caves and one in a hollow log.
 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. G. Arnold, Director of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 
References
  • Allen, W., Moreno, N., Gamble, T. and Chiari, Y. 2020. Ecological, behavioral and phylogenetic influences on the evolution of dorsal color pattern in geckos. Evolution. doi:10.1111/evo.13915, published 2019 - 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
  • Danis, Kaitlin; Ashley Hogan, and Kirsten Smith 2016. Texas Tech University Students Take On Zimbabwe. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23 (1): 51–61 - get paper here
  • Kober, I. 2018. Heia Safari – Echsen am Wegesrand auf einer Reise durch Südafrika, Simbabwe und Botswana. Reptilia 23 (131): 68-79
  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
  • Loveridge,A. 1944. Remarks on the gekkonid genera Homopholis and Platypholis with description of a new race. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 57: 1-4 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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