Lygodactylus hodikazo VENCES, MULTZSCH, GIPPNER, MIRALLES, CROTTINI, GEHRING, RAKOTOARISON, RATSOAVINA, GLAW & SCHERZ, 2022
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Lygodactylus hodikazo
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Lygodactylus hodikazo VENCES, MULTZSCH, GIPPNER, MIRALLES, CROTTINI, GEHRING, RAKOTOARISON, RATSOAVINA, GLAW & SCHERZ 2022 |
| Distribution | Madagascar (Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park) Type locality: Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, Bendrao Forest, western Madagascar, geographical coordinates S18.7844, E44.8603, 427 m a.s.l. |
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| Types | Holotype: ZSM 77/2006 (FGZC 828), collected by F. Glaw, J. Köhler, P. Bora, and H. Enting on 25 March 2006. No paratypes. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “According to the original description, this species is the only species of the subgenus Domerguella known from the West of Madagascar and belongs to subclade A4 in the subgenus . From the species of subclades A1–A4 occurring in northern Madagascar except L. madagascariensis it differs as follows: from L. expectatus by non-enlarged dorsolateral scales (longitudinal count of dorsal scales 231 vs. <170); from L. rarus by lack of regular crossbands on tail (vs. presence) and different body shape without elongated limbs (relative hindlimb length 0.44 vs. >0.55); from L. petteri, L. salvi, L. roellae, and L. hapei by a higher longitudinal count of dorsal scales (231 vs. 159–222), and from L. roellae and L. hapei also by a higher longitudinal count of ventral scales (109 vs. 83–92); fromL. tantsaha by a higher number of supralabials (10 vs. 6–7) and infralabials (8 vs. 5–6).” |
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| Etymology | Derived from the Malagasy words hodi-kazo (= tree bark), in reference to its supposed habitat on trees in forest and with a color pattern mimicking the bark. The name is a noun in apposition. |
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