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Lygodactylus lobeke RÖLL, VAZ-PINTO & LOBÓN-ROVIRA, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lobeke Dwarf Gecko
G: Lobeke-Zwerggecko
Portuguese: Osga-Anã de Lobeke 
SynonymLygodactylus lobeke RÖLL, VAZ-PINTO & LOBÓN-ROVIRA 2024: 564
Lygodactylus sp. B — RÖLL et al. 2010
Lygodactylus sp. B — MEZZASALMA et al. 2016
Lygodactylus sp. 6 — GIPPNER et al. 2021
Lygodactylus lobeke — LOBÓN-ROVIRA et al. 2025 
DistributionSE Cameroon (Lobeke region), Angola (Cabinda Province: Mayombe National Park)

Type locality: Lobeke region, south of Goumela (Koumela), Region East, south-eastern Cameroon, at geographical coordinates N2.4557, E15.4203, about 500 m above sea level (a.s.l.)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. ZSM 59/2024, adult female, collected on 26th March 2002 by Beate Röll, Alexander Pelzer & Mathias Heinze.
Paratype. FKH 1259, probably subadult, but sexually mature male, collected in Sanga Wanda, Mayombe National Park, Cabinda Province, Angola, at geographical coordinates S4.6253, E12.4583, 221 m a.s.l., on 6th June 2023 by Pedro Vaz Pinto & Michael Mills. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A moderately sized dwarf gecko, clearly belonging to the L. scheffleri-group on the basis of the double series of transversely enlarged subcaudals (Fig. 3c) and phylogenetic results (Fig. 5). In its coloration, L. lobeke sp. nov. differs from most other species of the L. scheffleri-group either by lacking conspicuous dark patches on shoulders and/or on the sides (as in L. scheffleri, L. laterimaculatus) or lacking a colored underside (as in L. broadleyi, L. conradti, L. gravis). (Röll et al. 2024)


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CommentKnown only from the types. Both specimens were collected in moist rainforest habitats. Presumably, the species inhabits the canopy region and therefore is rarely met in lower heights. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Gippner, Sven, Scott L Travers, Mark D Scherz, Timothy J Colston, Mariana L Lyra, Ashwini V Mohan, Malte Multzsch, Stuart V. Nielsen, Loïs Rancilhac, Frank Glaw, Aaron M. Bauer, Miguel Vences 2021. A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Dwarf Geckos of the Genus Lygodactylus, with Insights into Their Systematics and Morphological Variation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107311 - get paper here
  • Lobón-Rovira, Javier; Ninda L. Baptista, Tyron Clark, Luke Verburgt, Greg Jongsma, Werner Conradie, Luis Veríssimo & Pedro Vaz Pinto (0 Jan 2025. Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical Central Africa, African Journal of Herpetology, - get paper here
  • RÖLL, B., VAZ-PINTO, P., & LOBÓN-ROVIRA, J. 2024. A new species of African diurnal dwarf geckos (Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus) from the Lower Guinea rainforest. Zootaxa 5538 (6): 561-574 - get paper here
  • Röll, Beate; Heike Pröhl, Klaus-Peter Hoffmann 2010. Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 327-335 - get paper here
 
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