Hemidactylus mabouia

Bauer, Aaron M., Tchibozo, Sévérin, Pauwels, Olivier S. G. & Lenglet, Georges, 2006, A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), Zootaxa 1242, pp. 1-20 : 10

Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnés, 1818)

Although very widespread in sub­Saharan Africa ( Loveridge 1947; Kluge 1969; Broadley 1977), Dunger (1968) considered the species uncommon in Nigeria, and regarded populations in port areas as introduced. There appear to be no published records of this species from Bénin, so the specimens cited below constitute a new country record. This species shares with H. angulatus broad transverse subcaudal plates and largely overlapping ranges of precloacal pores and tubercle rows. It is possible that some literature records of H. angulatus may be referable to H. mabouia . The biology of this species was recently considered by Gramentz (2000, 2003). The largest Bénin specimen (IRSNB 17169) measures 67.6 mm SVL.

Localities

Godomey (=Godomé), Département de l’Atlantique (06°22’N, 02°21’E): IRSNB 17160, 17246,; Abomey, Département du Zou (07°11’N, 01°59’E): IRSNB 17169; Niaouli (06°44’N, 02°08’E): IRSNB 17173­1, 17173­3.