Biology:Hemidactylus kyaboboensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. kyaboboensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus kyaboboensis | |
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Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Leaché & 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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". Bonn Zoological Bulletin 63 (1): 1–14. http://faculty.washington.edu/leache/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/2014BonnZoologicalBulletin.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. et al. (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. PMID 20961901.
- Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude; Trape, Jean-François; Afiademanyo, Komlan M.; Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Ohler, Annemarie; Dubois, Alain; David, Patrick; Meirte, Danny et al. (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. https://zenodo.org/record/4577806.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q20054359 entry
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