Acontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), Zootaxa 4576 (1), pp. 1-45 : 25

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5932197

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scientific name

Acontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018
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Acontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018 View in CoL

Zootaxa, 4429(1):95; Figs. 5–7 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 .

Holotype: PEM R20655; Mauchsberg, Long Tom Pass (- 25.14113 S, 30.60522 E; 2530BA; 2149 m a.s.l.), Mpumalanga, South Africa; W. Conradie, T. Busschau and A. Jordaan, 9 December 2013. GoogleMaps

Paratypes (12): a) PEM R20650–2 View Materials , R20661, Top of Long Tom Pass (- 25.149109 S, 30.61938 E; 2530BA; 2206 m a.s.l.), Mpumalanga Province, South Africa; W. Conradie, T. Busschau and A. Jordaan, 9 December 2013 GoogleMaps . b) PEM R20653–4 View Materials , R20656–60 View Materials , R20662, Mauchsberg , Long Tom Pass (- 25.14113 S, 30.60522 E; 2530BA; 2149 m a.s.l.), Mpumalanga, South Africa; W. Conradie, T. Busschau and A. Jordaan, 9 December 2013 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. All type specimens with mid-ventral incisions, in good condition otherwise. Mostly adults, but PEM R20651–3 are juveniles.

Conradie, W., Busshau, T. & Edwards, E. (2018) Two new species of Acontias form the Mpumalanga Highveld escarpment of South Africa. Zootaxa, 4429 (1), 089 - 106. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4429.1.3

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FIGURE 5. Family Gekkonidae III: A—Holotype of Pachydactylus capensis oculatus (PEM R11953), B—Lectotype of Pachydactylus capensis werneri (PEM R16049), C—Holotype of Pachydactylus kladaroderma PEM R11195), D—Syntype of Pachydactylus latirostris (R12884), E—Syntype of Pachydactylus maculatus albomarginatus (PEM R7625). All scale bars are 1 cm.

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FIGURE 6. Family Gekkonidae IV: A—Holotype of Pachydactylus maculatus microlepis (PEM R7731), B—Syntype of Pachydactylus mentalis (PEM R8375), C—Holotype of Pachydactylus montanus onscepensis (PEM R16050), D—Holotype of Pachydactylus oreophilus (PEM R1921), E—Syntype of Pachydactylus punctatus amoniodes (PEM R8070), F—Holotype of Pachydactylus rugosus frater (PEM R16066). All scale bars are 1 cm.

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FIGURE 7. Family Gekkonidae V: A—Holotype of Phyllodactylus braacki (PEM R4361), B—Lectotype of Phyllodactylus essexi (PEM R11157), C—Holotype of Phyllodactylus hewitti (PEM R7829), D—Holotype of Phyllodactylus hexaporus (PEM R10993), E—Syntype of Phyllodactylus porphyreus cronwrigthi (PEM R16087), F—Holotype of Phyllodactylus porphyreus namaquensis (PEM R16091). All scale bars are 1 cm.

PEM

Port Elizabeth Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Acontias