Lygodactylus bivittis (PETERS, 1883)
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Lygodactylus bivittis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Tiny Scaled Gecko |
| Synonym | Scalabotes bivittis PETERS 1883: 28 Scalabotes hildebrandti PETERS 1883: 28 Microscalabotes cowanii BOULENGER 1883: 175 Microscalabotes cowanii — BOULENGER 1885: 158 Lygodactylus bivittis — BOULENGER 1885: 159 Lygodactylus hildebrandti — BOULENGER 1885: 159 Microscalabotes cowani — BARBOUR 1918: 481 Microscalabotes bivittis — KLUGE 1993 Microscalabotes bivittis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 286 Microscalabotes bivittis — RÖSLER 1995: 132 Microscalabotes bivittis — PUENTE et al. 2009: 67 Lygodactylus bivittis — RÖLL et al. 2010 Lygodactylus bivittis — GIPPNER et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Madagascar Type locality: “Centrum ...Madagascar”. Type locality: “Centrum ...Madagascar” [Scalabotes hildebrandti PETERS 1883] |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMB 10451 Holotype: ZMB 10452 [Scalabotes hildebrandti PETERS 1883] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Microscalabotes bivittis differs from all Malagasy Lygodactylus by having undivided subdigital lamellae at fingers and toes (3–6 undivided lamellae under fourth toe). It further differs from species in the L. madagascariensis group by the semi-divided mental (vs. undivided) and by the presence (vs. absence) of a claw on the first finger; from the species in the L. mirabilis group by granular (vs. keeled or partially keeled) dorsal scales; from the species in the L. verticillatus group by a non-whorled tail (vs. whorled); from L. ornatus by the absence (vs. presence) of transversal lines on the throat; and from L. tolampyae by the rather indistinct contact between posterior part of mental and first infralabial (vs. very distinct and broad contact). (PUENTE et al. 2009) |
| Comment | A phylogenetic analysis by RÖLL et al. (2010) showed that Microscalabotes is nested within Lygodactylus and thus needs to be synonymized. Karyotype: see Mezzasalma et al. 2016. |
| Etymology | not given in original description. |
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