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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Branch, William R.
Haacke, Wulf
Pinto, Pedro Vaz
Conradie, Werner
Verburgt, Luke
Baptista, Ninda

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Pensoft

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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 and historical accounts from the region. 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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Reptilia, cryptic diversity, Mombolo, William Chapman, Angola, Type locality

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Branch, WR, Haacke, W, Pinto, PV, Conradie, W, Baptista, N, Verburgt, L & Verissimo, L 2017, '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, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 157-166.