Resurrection of the African gecko genus Ancylodactylus Müller, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of six new species from Kenya
Author
Malonza, Patrick K.
0000-0003-1426-2397
National Museums of Kenya, Herpetology Section, Museum Hill Road, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya malonzapk @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1426 - 2397
malonzapk@gmail.com
Author
Bauer, Aaron M.
Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA.
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-25
5141
2
101
139
journal article
58288
10.11646/zootaxa.5141.2.1
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TABLE 5. Measurements and morphological characters of adult Ancylodactylus laikipiensis sp. nov. Measurements are in millimeters and sex in parentheses (F = female, M= male). C = Tail cut. The condition of the caudals could not be determined unambiguously in the two males which had extremely short tail stubs. | Holotype | Paratype | Paratype | | Paratype |
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| Character | L3214/1(F) | L1462/1(M) | L1462/2(M) | L3152 (F) |
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| SVL | 33.2 | 27.0 | 23.0 | | 22.0 |
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| TAL | 8.5(C) | 3.0(C) | 6.0(C) | | 19.0 |
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| HL | 9.6 | 8.4 | 7.6 | | 6.7 |
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| HW | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | | 4.2 |
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| OD | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | | 1.2 |
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| SE | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | | 3.3 |
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| Ventrals | 15 | 14 | 15 | | 14 |
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| Tubercle rows | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
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| Caudals | smooth | smooth? | smooth | ? | smooth |
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| Infralabials | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 5 |
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| Supralabials | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 5 |
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| PC pores | — | 7 | 7 | | — |
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| Throat pattern | none | none | none | | none |
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