Hemidactylus kyaboboensis

Hemidactylus kyaboboensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. kyaboboensis
Binomial name
Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014 [1]
Synonyms
Hemidactylus kyaboboensisLeaché & Fujita, 2010 — nomen nudum

Hemidactylus kyaboboensis is a species of forest geckos from Ghana and Togo. Its type locality is Kyabobo National Park, to which its specific name refers. ^{[1] [2]} It is the sister species of Hemidactylus fasciatus . ^[1]

Description

Hemidactylus kyaboboensis grow to a maximum snout–vent length of 80 mm (3.1 in) and a maximum total length of 160 mm (6.3 in). The head is broad. The body has indistinct dark crossbands and more prominent whitish stripes and dots. There is a broad crossband on the neck that reaches the lower tip of the ear hole. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat and distribution

Hemidactylus kyaboboensis have been collected from moist, semi-deciduous rainforests in the Togo Hills of eastern Ghana and Missahöhe in western Togo. These rainforests are habitat islands within the more arid Dahomey Gap. ^[1]

References

1. Wagner, Philipp; Adam D. Leaché; Matthew K. Fujita (2014). "Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 63 (1): 1–14.
2. Hemidactylus kyaboboensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2016.

Further reading

• Bauer, A. M.; Parham, J. F.; Brown, R. M.; Stuart, B. L.; Grismer, L.; Papenfuss, T. J.; Bohme, W.; Savage, J. M.; Carranza, S.; Grismer, J. L.; Wagner, P.; Schmitz, A.; Ananjeva, N. B.; Inger, R. F. (2011). "Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 278 (1705): 490–492. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1330. PMC   3025678 . PMID   20961901.
• Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude; Trape, Jean-François; Afiademanyo, Komlan M.; Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Ohler, Annemarie; Dubois, Alain; David, Patrick; Meirte, Danny; Glitho, Isabelle Adolé; Petrozzi, Fabio; Luiselli, Luca (2015). "Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation". Zoosystema. 37 (2): 381–402. doi:10.5252/z2015n2a7. S2CID   83884179.

External links

• "Hemidactylus kyaboboensis". The Encyclopedia of Life .