Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique
Author
William R. Branch
Author
Jennifer A. Guyton
Author
Andreas Schmitz
Author
Michael F. Barej
Author
Piotr Naskrecki
Author
Harith Farooq
Author
Luke Verburgt
Author
Mark-Oliver Rödel
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-26
4324
1
142
160
journal article
31986
10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8
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1175-5326
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Key to the
Afroedura
transvaalica-
group
1. Midbody scale rows more than 95........................................................................2
- Midbody scale rows less than 95; Angola..................................................
A. bogerti
(sensu lato)
2. Rostral bordering nostril................................................................................3
- Rostral excluded from nostril...................................................................
A. loveridgei
3. Anterior nasals in contact (very rarely separated); scales around midbody-South Africa 102-118 (= 109), northern Zimbabwe 108-119 (= 114)...........................................................................
A. transvaalica
- Anterior nasals separated by 1-3 granules; scales around midbody 99-101 (= 100)................
A. gorongosa
sp. nov.