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Lygodactylus grotei STERNFELD, 1911

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Grote’s dwarf gecko 
SynonymLygodactylus Grotei STERNFELD 1911: 245
Lygodactylus capensis mossambica LOVERIDGE 1920: 135
Lygodactylus grotei — LOVERIDGE 1920: 136
Lygodactylus grotei — LOVERIDGE 1923
Lygodactylus grotei grotei — LOVERIDGE 1955: 170
Lygodactylus capensis grotei — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 9
Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) capensis grotei — RÖSLER 2000: 92
Lygodactylus grotei — BRANCH et al. 2005
Lygodactylus grotei — RÖLL et al. 2010
Lygodactylus grotei — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013 
DistributionTanzania, N Mozambique

Type locality: Mikindani, Tanzania

mossambica: Mozambique; Type locality: Lumbo, Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique).  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 22356, male
Syntypes: USNM 62831 etc; paratype: PEM R16092 (formerly AMG 5178) [Lygodactylus capensis mossambica] 
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CommentSubspecies: Lygodactylus grotei pakenhami LOVERIDGE 1941 has been elevated to full species status. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the type, Hermann Grote. 
References
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