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Kolekanos plumicauda (HAACKE, 2008)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAfrogecko plumicaudus HAACKE 2008
Phyllodactylus sp. HAACKE 1996
Afrogecko sp. BAUER et al. 1997
Afrogecko plumicaudus — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013
Kolekanos plumicaudus — HEINICKE et al. 2014
Kolekanos plumicauda — BÖHME & DENZER 2019 (by implication)
Kolekanos plumicaudus — LOBÓN-ROVIRA et al. 2022 
DistributionSW Angola (Namibé [= Mossamedes] district)

Type locality: “Tambor” (= turn-off of track to the south towards the Coroca River crossing into the Iona Park and the Kunene River mouth, marked by an empty 200 litre drum) 16º08’08”S, 12º25’47”E (1612Ab), Namibé (= Mossamedes) district, Angola.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) 40527, adult male, coll. W. D. Haacke, 1 April 1971. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3428 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThis description was only published in 2009 (fide J. Schmidt, pers. comm.).

Type species: Afrogecko plumicaudus HAACKE 2008 is the type species of the genus Kolekanos HEINICKE et al. 2014. 
EtymologyThe name of this new species refers to the featherlike appearance of the tail (Latin “cauda”).

The genus name Kolekanos is a Greek word meaning a long, thin person. It is given based on the elongate, depressed body form of the type species. The gender is masculine.

The species name needs to be plumicauda, according to ICZN Article 34.2.1 which states that the gender of a noun in apposition must not be changed to agree in gender with the generic name, The Latin noun for tail is cauda and of female gender. For further explanations and examples see Böhme & Denzer (2019). 
References
  • Agarwal, I., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bauer, A.M. & Bandeira, S. 2017. Kolekanos plumicaudus (Slender Feather-tailed Gecko) Habitat use. Herpetological Review 48 (3): 649-650. - get paper here
  • Barts, M. 2013. Das Porträt: Afrogecko plumicaudus HAACKE, 2008. Sauria 35 (1): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Barts, M. 2021. Geckos aus dem südlichen Afrika. DATZ 2021 (5): 24-34
  • Barts, M. & HAACKE, W. 2009. Afrogecko plumicaudus (Haacke, 2009) Reproduction. African Herp News (50): 38 - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M. 2013. Geckos - The Animal Answer Guide. Johns Hopkins University Press, 159 pp.
  • Bauer, Aaron M., Luis M. P. Ceríaco, Matthew P. Heinicke and David C. Blackburn. 2015. Geographic Distribution. Pachydactylus barnardi FitzSimons, 1941, Barnard's Rough Gecko. African Herp News (62): 35-37 - get paper here
  • Böhme, W. & Denzer, W. 2019. Warum die Endungen adjektivischer Artnamen dem Geschlecht der Gattungsnamen angepasst werden müssen Sauria 41 (1): 55–62 - get paper here
  • Gamble, T; Greenbaum, E; Jackman, TR; Russell, AP; Bauer, AM 2012. Repeated Origin and Loss of Adhesive Toepads in Geckos. PLoS One 7 (6):10.1371/journal.pone.0039429 - get paper here
  • Haacke, W.D. 2008. A new leaf-toed gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from south-western Angola. African Journal of Herpetology 57(2): 85-92 - get paper here
  • Heinicke, Matthew P.; Juan D. Daza, Eli Greenbaum, Todd R. Jackman & Aaron M. Bauer 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12 (1): 23-42, DOI:10.1080/14772000.2013.877999 - get paper here
  • Lobón-Rovira J, Vaz Pinto P, S. Becker F, Tolley KA, Measey J, Bennet B, Boon B, de Sá S, Conradie W 2022. An updated herpetofaunal species inventory of Iona National Park in southwestern Angola. Check List 18(2): 289-321 - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
  • 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
 
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