Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959

Fig. 6 d, e

Records.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 681 m] (CAS 10283, 10347); Maylowe [- 13.8342, 13.2767, 803 m] (CAS 266145; MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001573); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2616, 804 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001574); 2 km N of Maylowe, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.8280, 13.2646, 8020 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001575 - 001581).

Comments.

The species is known from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia (Marques et al. 2018). It is part of a diverse and primarily rupiculous “ northwestern clade ” of Pachydactylus (Bauer and Lamb 2005; Heinicke et al. 2011), sister to P. angolensis Loveridge, 1944 and P. maiatoi (Heinicke et al. 2017 b; Marques et al. 2023 a). Usually found in crevices and cracks of granitic boulders.