Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status
In 1944 Loveridge described two new geckos from Angola Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis. The descriptions of both species have vague and confusing type localities and refinements are suggested based on early expedition reports historical accounts from the region and a...
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| author | William R. Branch Wulf Haacke Pedro Vaz Pinto Werner Conradie Ninda Baptista Luke Verburgt Luis Verisimmo |
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| description | In 1944 Loveridge described two new geckos from Angola Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis. The descriptions of both species have vague and confusing type localities and refinements are suggested based on early expedition reports historical accounts from the region and a review of cartographic material. Numerous new distribution records are reported for both species from expeditions undertaken from 1956–2016 by the authors or their colleagues. The taxonomic status of both species has changed but new material from diverse habitats altitudes and geological substrates indicates that further taxonomic adjustments are likely in order to reflect additional cryptic diversity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eed92ec25cfa402f91892fe94d57d9582022-12-22T02:45:06ZengPensoft PublishersZoosystematics and Evolution1435-19351860-07432017-03-0193115716610.3897/zse.93.1091510915Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic statusWilliam R. Branch0Wulf Haacke1Pedro Vaz Pinto2Werner Conradie3Ninda Baptista4Luke Verburgt5Luis Verisimmo6Nelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityUnaffiliatedCIBIO/InBio – Universidade do PortoNelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityInstituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da HuílaUniversity of PretoriaunaffiliatedIn 1944 Loveridge described two new geckos from Angola Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis. The descriptions of both species have vague and confusing type localities and refinements are suggested based on early expedition reports historical accounts from the region and a review of cartographic material. Numerous new distribution records are reported for both species from expeditions undertaken from 1956–2016 by the authors or their colleagues. The taxonomic status of both species has changed but new material from diverse habitats altitudes and geological substrates indicates that further taxonomic adjustments are likely in order to reflect additional cryptic diversity.http://zse.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10915 |
| spellingShingle | William R. Branch Wulf Haacke Pedro Vaz Pinto Werner Conradie Ninda Baptista Luke Verburgt Luis Verisimmo Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status Zoosystematics and Evolution |
| title | Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status |
| title_full | Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status |
| title_fullStr | Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status |
| title_full_unstemmed | Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status |
| title_short | Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status |
| title_sort | loveridge s angolan geckos afroedura karroica bogerti and pachydactylus scutatus angolensis sauria gekkonidae new distribution records comments on type localities and taxonomic status |
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