Phylogeny of dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the Western Indian Ocean Author Röll, Beate Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany; Author Sanchez, Mickaël Nature Océan Indien, 46 rue des Mascarins, 97429 Petite Ile, La Réunion, France; & Laboratoire PVBMT, Université de La Réunion, 97410 Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France; Author Gippner, Sven 0000-0003-2621-1001 Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany; s. gippner @ tu-braunschweig. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2621 - 1001 s.gippner@tu-braunschweig.de Author Bauer, Aaron M. Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA; Author Travers, Scott L. 0000-0003-4656-4613 Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-Newark, 195 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102, USA; scott. travers @ rutgers. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4656 - 4613 scott.travers@rutgers.edu Author Glaw, Frank Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Münchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 München, Germany; Author Hawlitschek, Oliver Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Museum of Nature, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; Author Vences, Miguel 0000-0003-2621-1001 Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany; s. gippner @ tu-braunschweig. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2621 - 1001 s.gippner@tu-braunschweig.de text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-29 5311 2 232 250 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5311.2.4 journal article 56541 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.2.4 15ebe2bc-37e9-426f-a9e6-fe628c6d1595 1175-5326 8094276 0EDA9A54-81F2-4397-8F36-0FAC9A0CF356

TABLE 1. Relevant morphological characters of members of the Lygodactylus capensis group. Sources: 1, this study; 2, FitzSimons 1958; 3, Marques et al. 2020 (in their Tables 4 and 7 the authors described the mentals as ‘undivided’ but see Figs. 6 and 14 showing clearly semi-divided mentals); 4, Boettger 1913; 5, Branch 1989; 6, Loveridge 1947; 7, Pasteur 1965; 8, Hewitt 1926.

Taxa	Mental scales	Subcaudal scales	Number of precloacal pores	Hatchlings: color of tail
Lygodactylus angolensis Bocage, 1896	semi-divided 3, 5	subequal 3, 5	7–10 5	–
Lygodactylus bernardi Fitzsimons, 1958	semi-divided (clefts reduced) 2	subequal 2	7–10 2, 5	reddish 2
Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1932	semi-divided 1, 7	subequal 1, 5	5 1 4–7 5	partly reddish (distal third) 1
Lygodactylus stevensoni Hewitt, 1926	semi-divided 1, 6	subequal 1, 8	6–7 1 6–9 5	partly reddish (distal third) 1
Lygodactylus capensis (sensu stricto) (Smith, 1849)	semi-divided 1, 6	sequence of enlarged scales 1	4–6 1	reddish 1
Lygodactylus nyaneka Marques et al., 2020	semi-divided 3	sequence of enlarged scales 3	4–6 3	–
Lygodactylus insularis Boettger, 1913	semi-divided 1, 4	median row strongly enlarged 1, 4	5 1 4–6 4	no red 1
Lygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911	semi-divided 1, 6	median row strongly enlarged 1, 6	4–6 1, 6	red 1
Lygodactylus pakenhami Loveridge, 1941	semi-divided 1, 6	median row strongly enlarged 1, 6	4 1, 6	no red 1