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Lygodactylus hodikazo VENCES, MULTZSCH, GIPPNER, MIRALLES, CROTTINI, GEHRING, RAKOTOARISON, RATSOAVINA, GLAW & SCHERZ, 2022

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLygodactylus hodikazo VENCES, MULTZSCH, GIPPNER, MIRALLES, CROTTINI, GEHRING, RAKOTOARISON, RATSOAVINA, GLAW & SCHERZ 2022 
DistributionMadagascar (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.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSM 77/2006 (FGZC 828), collected by F. Glaw, J. Köhler, P. Bora, and H. Enting
on 25 March 2006. No paratypes. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “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).” 
Comment 
EtymologyDerived 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. 
References
  • VENCES, M., MULTZSCH, M., GIPPNER, S., MIRALLES, A., CROTTINI, A., GEHRING, P. S., ... & SCHERZ, M. D. 2022. Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest. Zootaxa 5179 (1): 1-61 - get paper here
 
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