| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Wagner [de], Leaché & Fujita, 2014 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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. It is the sister species of Hemidactylus fasciatus.
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.
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.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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