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Lygodactylus tolampyae (GRANDIDIER, 1872)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Grandidier's Dwarf Gecko 
SynonymHemidactylus tolampyae GRANDIDIER 1872: 8
Hemidactylus tolampyae — BOULENGER 1885: 113
Lygodactylus tolampyae — MOCQUARD 1909: 94
Lygodactylus tuberifer BOETTGER 1913: 288
Lygodactylus tolampyae — KLUGE 1993
Lygodactylus tolampyae — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 284
Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) tolampyae — RÖSLER 2000: 95
Lygodactylus tolampyae — PUENTE et al. 2009: 64
Lygodactylus tolampyae — RÖLL et al. 2010
Lygodactylus tolampyae — GIPPNER et al. 2021
Lygodactylus tolampyae — VENCES et al. 2024 
DistributionMadagascar (west coast)

Type locality: “Forèts de la còte ouest” [= Forrest near the West coast of Madagascar]

tuberifer: Type locality: Menabé, W. Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7636, male, probably lost fide Brygoo 1983 and Vences et al. 2024; other specimen: MNHN 1899.344 from “Environs de Suberbieville, Boeny” in the North west, also lost now fide Vences et al. 2024.
Lecotype: SMF 8948 (originally SMF 4160,4a), male; SMF 5949 and SMF 8950‒8952 are concurrently paralectotypes of L. tuberifer; SMF 5949 is also the holotype of L. tuberosus and SMF 8950‒8952 are paratypes of L. tuberosus fide Vences et al. 2024;
the lectotype was designated by Mertens 1922 [tuberifer] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: As justified in the Identity section above, we consider the name-bearing types of both nomina, L. tolampyae and L. tuberifer, as corresponding to the genetic lineage A+B, which is the only one detected by our surveys in the supposed areas of provenance of the respective types. L. tolampyae can be distinguished from all other Malagasy Lygodactylus not belonging to the L. tolampyae complex by a mental scale semi-divided by a suture, broad contact of the posterior projection of the mental scale with the first infralabial scale, and three postmental scales. Furthermore, it is characterized by the absence of whorls on the tail (original tail), and a typical look of the head with relatively large eyes. For a distinction of newly described species in the L. tolampyae complex, see species accounts below. For variation in color pattern, see Fig. 4. (Vences et al. 2024: 430)


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CommentSynonymy: Boettger 1913 already recognized that tuberifer is very similar to tolampyae. This was confirmed by Pasteur 1965: 94. Note that the type series of tuberifer consisted of specimens of tuberifer and tolampyae though (Mertens 1965). Mertens 1965 redescribed the tuberifer specimens as L. tuberosus.

Habitat. Puente et al. (2009) observed specimens belonging to this species active during the day on tree trunks, and at night, sleeping at the end of thin branches of trees and bushes, about 1–2 m above the ground. At Ankarafantsika, Berara, and in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, the species is very common in deciduous dry forest. The species apparently also inhabits rocks in some cases.

Etymology: not given in original description. 
References
  • Andersson, Lars Gabriel 1910. Reptiles and batrachians from the north-west of Madagascar collected by V. Kaudern, 1906-1907. Arkiv för Zoologi 7 (7): 1-15. - get paper here
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  • Boettger, O. 1913. Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas. Pp. 269-375. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Vol. 3. Systematische Arbeiten. Schweizerbart’ sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele und Sproesser, Stuttgart - get paper here
  • BORA, PARFAIT; J. CHRISTIAN RANDRIANANTOANDRO, ROMA RANDRIANAVELONA, ELISOA F. HANTALALAINA, RAPHALI R. ANDRIANTSIMANARILAFY, DANIEL RAKOTONDRAVONY, OLGA R. RAMILIJAONA, MIGUEL VENCES, RICHARD K. B. JENKINS, FRANK GLAW, AND JÖRN KÖHLER 2010. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE TSINGY DE BEMARAHA PLATEAU, WESTERN MADAGASCAR: CHECKLIST, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (1): 111-125
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  • 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
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  • Ikeuchi, Isami; Masami Hasegawa, and Akira Mori 2012. Characteristics of Sleeping Sites and Timing of Departure from Them in a Madagascan Diurnal Gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae. Current Herpetology 31 (2): 107-116 - get paper here
  • Kojima, Yosuke 2016. Robbery in the Dark: Nocturnal Foraging of a Madagascan Diurnal Gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae. Current Herpetology Aug 2016, Vol. 35, No. 2: 135-138. - get paper here
  • Krüger, Jens 2001. Die madagassischen Gekkoniden. Teil II: Die Geckos der Gattung Lygodactylus GRAY 1864 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 3-28
  • Mertens, R. 1922. Verzeichnis der Typen in der herpetologischen Sammlung des Senckenbergischen Museums. Senckenbergiana 4: 162-183 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1965. Über Lygodactylus tuberifer und seinen Lectotypus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 46: 467—469.
  • Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106 - get paper here
  • PUENTE, MARTA; FRANK GLAW, DAVID R. VIEITES & MIGUEL VENCES 2009. Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2103: 1-76 - get paper here
  • Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Jesse Erens, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Miguel Vences 2015. Amphibian and reptile records from around the Betsiboka delta area in North-Western Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 8: 535-543 - get paper here
  • 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
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