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Lygodactylus nyaneka MARQUES, CERIACO, BUEHLER, BANDEIRA, JANOTA & BAUER, 2020

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Nyaneka Dwarf Gecko
Portuguese: Osga-Anã- Nhanheca 
SynonymLygodactylus nyaneka MARQUES, CERIACO, BUEHLER, BANDEIRA, JANOTA & BAUER 2020
Hemidactylus capensis [sic] — BOCAGE 1867: 219
Hemidactylus capensis [sic] — BOCAGE 1870: 68
Lygodactylus capensis — BOCAGE 1895: 15
Lygodactylus capensis capensis — SCHMIDT 1933: 4
Lygodactylus capensis — MONARD 1937: 53
Lygodactylus capensis bradfieldi — FITZSIMONS 1943: 53
Lygodactylus capensis — LOVERIDGE 1947: 208
Lygodactylus capensis — LOVERIDGE 1957: 187
Lygodactylus capensis — FRADE 1963: 253
Lygodactylus capensis — PASTEUR 1965 [1964]: 62
Lygodactylus capensis — BRANCH 1998: 246
Lygodactylus bradfieldi — BRANCH 1998: 246 [part]
Lygodactylus capensis capensis — BATES et al. 2014: 118
Lygodactylus capensis — MARQUES et al. 2018: 190
Lygodactylus bradfieldi — CONRADIE et al. 2016: 24 [?] [part]
Lygodactylus bradfieldi — MARQUES et al. 2018: 189,190) [part]
Lygodactylus angolensis — BAPTISTA et al. 2019: 113
Lygodactylus nyanyeka — LOBÓN-ROVIRA et al. 2022 (in error) 
DistributionAngola (Huíla)

Type locality: Lubango, Kimbo do Soba, Huíla Province, southwestern Angola [-14.93419°, 13.46925°, 1866 m a.s.l]  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. An adult male (CAS 263418, field number AMB 10134; Fig. 14) collected by M. Marques, L. Ceríaco, B. Butler, T. Júlio and M. Heinicke, on 21 July 2017.
Paratypes. All specimens from Angola. Six specimens: An adult female (CAS 263420, field number AMB 10136), same data as holotype; An adult male (CAS 263529, field number AMB 10363), collected at Bibala Cross- road [-14.74350°, 13.33222°, 864 m a.s.l.], collected by L. Ceríaco, S. Bandeira & I. Agarwal, on 23 November 2016; An adult male (CAS 263531, field number AMB 10352), collected at Montipa [-14.66482°, 13.25763°, 669 m a.s.l.], collected by L. Ceríaco, S. Bandeira & I. Agarwal, on 23 November 2016; An adult male (UF 187228, field number AMB 10165), collected at Bicuar National Park, camp headquarters [-15.10161°, 14.83986°, 1242 m a.s.l.], collected by M. Marques, L. Ceríaco, B. Butler, S. Bandeira, T. Júlio and M. Heinicke, on 27 July 2017; An adult male (UF 187229, field number AMB 10790), collected at Chibia [-15.18944°, 13.69058°, 1467 m a.s.l.], collected by M. Marques, L. Ceríaco, B. Butler, S. Bandeira, T. Júlio and M. Heinicke, on 5 August 2017; An adult male (UF 187230, field number AMB 10477), collected at Virei [-16.11958°, 12.83458524°, 523 m a.s.l.], collected by L. Ceríaco, S. Bandeira & I. Agarwal, on 28 November 2016.
Additional material: MHNC-UP/REP, UF, CAS. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Lygodactylus nyaneka sp. nov. is a small dwarf gecko with a maximum SVL of 34 mm. It can be distinguished from other members of the genus occurring in Angola and surroundings region by having 1) four scales surrounding the nostril (1st supralabial, two supranasal and one postnasals); 2) nostrils separated from the rostral and pierced above the suture between rostral and first supralabial; 3) mental followed by three postmentals; 4) first infralabial with 25–50% overlap of postpostmental; 5) 16 to 17 rows of ventral scales at midbody; 6) 4–6 precloacal pores in males; 7) median subcaudals arranged in a pattern of one row of scales about 1⁄4 width of the tail alternating with two rows of scales about 1⁄2 width of the tail (Fig. 4B); 8) venter white; 9) gular region usually white, but sometimes speckled with minute black dots. Background usually grey to brown with a pair of black lines on the flanks bordering a pale stripe (not always visible) with a line of cream dots from the posterior part of the orbit to the end of the tail (Figs 14–15, Marques et al. 2020).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet “nyaneka” is a noun in apposition and is given in honor of the dominant ethnolinguistic group of the region where the species exists. 
References
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  • 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)
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