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Lygodactylus thomensis (PETERS, 1881)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesLygodactylus thomensis delicatus PASTEUR 1962
Lygodactylus thomensis thomensis (PETERS 1881)
Lygodactylus thomensis wermuthi PASTEUR 1962 
Common NamesE: Annobon Dwarf Gecko 
SynonymScalabotes thomensis PETERS 1881: 795
Lygodactylus thomensis — BOULENGER 1885: 161
Lygodactylus rolasi [GREEF 1885]
Lygodactylus thomensis — KLUGE 1993
Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) thomensis — RÖSLER 2000: 94
Lygodactylus thomensis — RÖLL et al. 2010
Lygodactylus thomensis — GIPPNER et al. 2021

Lygodactylus thomensis delicatus PASTEUR 1962
Lygodactylus thomensis delicatus PASTEUR 1962: 608
Lygodactylus thomensis delicatus — DE LISLE et al. 2013
Lygodactylus delicatus — POLLO 2017
Lygodactylus delicatus — CERIACO et al. 2023

Lygodactylus thomensis wermuthi PASTEUR 1962: 610
Lygodactylus thomensis wermuthi — RODRIGUEZ-PRIETO 2010
Lygodactylus thomensis wermuthi — DE LISLE et al. 2013 
DistributionPrincipe Island, Sao Thome, Rolas Islet/Gulf of Guinea, Equatorial Guinea (Annobon Island). Questionable record from Cameroon (Werner 1899), Liberia

Type locality: St. Thomé [Sao Tomé et Principe]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 9776; designated by Pasteur 1962
Holotype: BMNH 1906.3.30.22, male [delicatus]
Holotype: BMNH 1906.3.30.24, male [wermuthi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (120 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality.

Lygodactylus thomensis wermuthi was named after German herpetologist Heinz Wermuth (1918-2002). See Friederich 2003 for an obituary. 
References
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  • Castiglia, Riccardo and Flavia Annesi 2011. The phylogenetic position of Lygodactylus angularis and the utility of using the 16S rDNA gene for delimiting species in Lygodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Acta Herpetologica 6 (1): 35-45 - get paper here
  • Ceríaco, L. M. P., Marques, M. P., de Sousa, A. C. A., Veríssimo, J., Beja, P., & Ferreira, S. 2023. Illustrated keys and a DNA barcode reference library of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles (Amphibia, Reptilia) of São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea, West Africa). ZooKeys 1168: 41-75
  • Friederich, U. 2003. HEINZ WERMUTH 1918-2002. Salamandra 39 (1): 1-4 - get paper here
  • Gippner, Sven, Scott L Travers, Mark D Scherz, Timothy J Colston, Mariana L Lyra, Ashwini V Mohan, Malte Multzsch, Stuart V. Nielsen, Loïs Rancilhac, Frank Glaw, Aaron M. Bauer, Miguel Vences 2021. A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Dwarf Geckos of the Genus Lygodactylus, with Insights into Their Systematics and Morphological Variation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107311 - get paper here
  • Greef, R. 1885. Die Fauna der Guinea-Inseln S. Thomé und Rolas. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg, (2) :41—79 [1884]
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  • Jesus, José, António Brehm and D. James Harris. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Lygodactylus geckos from the Gulf of Guinea islands: Rapid rates of mitochondrial DNA sequence evolution? The Herpetological Journal 16 (3):291-295 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1938. On a collection of reptiles and amphibians from Liberia. Proc. New England Zool. Club 17: 49-74
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  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1881. Eine neue Gattung von Geckonen, Scalabotes thomensis, welche Hr. Professor Dr. Greeff in Marburg auf der westafrikanischen Insel St. Thomé entdeckt hat, und über die Stellung von Elaps sundevallii Smith, eine von Wahlberg im Kafferlande gefundene Art Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1880 (October): 795-798
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