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Lygodactylus bonsi PASTEUR, 1962

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bons' Dwarf Day Gecko 
SynonymLygodactylus bernardi bonsi PASTEUR 1962: 607
Lygodactylus bonsi — RÖSLER 2000
Lygodactylus bonsi — RÖLL et al. 2010
Lygodactylus bonsi — PORTIK et al. 2013
Lygodactylus bonsi — DE LISLE et al. 2013: 153
Lygodactylus bonsi — TRAVERS et al. 2014
Lygodactylus bonsi — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 
DistributionS Malawi

Type locality: Mulanje Mountain, Malawi.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1956.1.15.69, paratypes: BMNH 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1200 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Jacques Bons, a friend and colleague of the author. 
References
  • Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 26 (B): 787-843
  • FitzSimons, V. 1958. On a small collection of reptiles and aniphibians from the Inyanga District, S. Rhodesia. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 3:204—214.
  • Lisle, H.F. de; Nazarov, R.A.; Raw, L.R.G. & Grathwohl, J. 2013. Gekkota: a catalogue of recent species. [type catalogue] Privately published, 387 pp.
  • Mashinini, P. L. and Mahlangu, L. M. 2013. An annotated catalogue of the types of gekkonid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 165-181
  • Pasteur, G. 1962. Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). II. Diagnose de quelques Lygodactylus d’Afrique. Bulletin l’Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire, 24 :606—614.
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
  • 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
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Travers, Scott L.; Todd R. Jackman, Aaron M. Bauer 2014. A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
 
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