Lygodactylus chobiensis Fitzsimons, 1932

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 13

Lygodactylus chobiensis Fitzsimons, 1932

Chobe Dwarf Gecko

Material. ITEZHI-TEZHI: BMNH 2018.2743 (female; Fig. 7C ), BMNH 2018.2744 (male) Comments: Specimens found on tree-trunks in miombo. Identification follows the key provided by Broadley (1971). The rostral is excluded from the nostril and the male has dark forward-directed chevron marks on the throat. The female is yellow and white underneath ( Fig. 7D ). The closest match from GenBank (95% sequence similarity) is Lygodactylus chobiensis from Zimbabwe (GenBank accession number GU593456).

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Fig. 7. Reptiles of western Zambia. (A) Agama armata (BMNH 2018.2751), (B) Chamaeleo dilepis (BMNH 2018.2755), (C)–(D) Lygodactylus chobiensis (BMNH 2018.2743), (E) Pachydactylus punctatus, (F) Ichnotropis capensis (BMNH 2018.2750), (G) Meroles squamulosus (BMNH 2018.2753), (H) Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (BMNH 2018.2765), (I) Trachylepis varia (BMNH 2018.2769), (J) Typhlacontias rohani (BMNH 2018.2761), (K) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (BMNH 2018.2776), (L) Philothamnus hoplogaster (BMNH 2018.2775), (M) Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772), (N) Thelotornis kirtlandii (BMNH 2018.2760), (O) Atractaspis congica (BMNH 2018.2274), (P)–(R) Kinixys spekii.