Lygodactylus miops GÜNTHER, 1891
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Lygodactylus miops
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Gunther's Dwarf Gecko |
| Synonym | Lygodactylus miops GÜNTHER 1891: 287 Microscalabotes spinulifer BOETTGER 1913 Lygodactylus septemtuberculatus ANGEL 1942 (fide GLAW & VENCES 1994) Lygodactylus (Domerguella) miops — PASTEUR 1964: 313 Lygodactylus septemtuberculatus — WERMUTH 1965: 108 Lygodactylus septemtuberculatus — KLUGE 1993 Lygodactylus miops — KLUGE 1993 Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) miops — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 285 Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) septemtuberculatus — RÖSLER 2000: 94 Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) miops septemtuberculatus — KRÜGER 2001 Lygodactylus (Domerguella) miops — KRÜGER 2001 Lygodactylus miops — PUENTE et al. 2009: 20 Lygodactylus miops — RÖLL et al. 2010 Lygodactylus miops — GIPPNER et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Madagascar (Senbendrana) Type locality: Senbendrana, E Madagascar Type locality: Wald bei Moramanga [spinulifer and septemtuberculatus] |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH RR.1946.8.22.55 Lectotype: SMF 8931 [spinulifer] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A common forest-dwelling species in the South East, Southern Central East, Northern Central East, and North East of Madagascar. It can clearly be assigned to the L. madagascariensis group by sharing the characters listed in the group definition above. L. miops differs from other species of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group, by the number of typically five (vs. four) postpostmental scales. Further distinguished from L. madagascariensis, L. expectatus, and L. rarus by the presence of dorsolateral tubercles and lateral spines on the base of the tail (vs. absence); from L. expectatus by non-enlarged dorsolateral scales (vs. enlarged), from L. rarus by the absence of broad and distinct crossbands on tail (vs. presence), and from L. guibei by smaller dorsolateral tubercles and smaller spiny tubercles on tail base (vs. larger and more distinct tubercles). (PUENTE et al. 2009) |
| Comment | Habitat. According to Angel (1942), L. miops occurs in forest. In the Ranomafana area, specimens were found active during the day on tree trunks in rainforest and at night, sleeping on leaves at a perch height of about 1.5 m. At Nahampoana, specimens were active during the day on mossy rocks in rainforest (Puente et al. 2009). |
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