Kolekanos Heinicke, Daza, Greenbaum, Jackman and Bauer, 2014

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 188

Genus Kolekanos Heinicke, Daza, Greenbaum, Jackman and Bauer, 2014

Kolekanos plumicaudus ( Haacke, 2008) FEATHER-TAILED GECKO (Endemic)

Afrogecko plumicaudus Haacke 2008:86 , figs. 1–3. Holotype: TM 40527 (collector W.D. Haacke). Type locality: “Tambor (= turn-off of track to the south towards the Curoca River crossing into the Iona Park and the Kunene River mouth, marked by an empty 200 litre drum),” Namibe Province, Angola.

Afrogecko plumicaudus : Mashinini and Mahlangu (2013:167), Bates et al. (2014:100), Ceríaco et al. (2016a:55).

Kolekanos plumicaudus : Heinicke et al. (2014:27), Agarwal et al. 2017:649.

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is known from Angola.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 135): The species is only known from the type locality

“Tambor” and neighboring areas in Namibe

Province, Southwest Angola. Namibe: “Tambor (= turn-off of track to the south towards the

Curoca River crossing into the Iona Park and the Kunene River mouth, marked by an empty

200 litre drum” [-16.13333, 12.41667] ( Haacke

2008:86; Mashinini and Mahlangu 2013:167;

Ceríaco et al. 2016a:55); “Curoca River crossing (N bank)” [-16.30000, 12.43333] ( Haacke

2008:86; Ceríaco et al. 2016a:55); “ 8 km / 11

km E of Iona, along track towards Oncocua,

Parque Nacional do Iona ” [-16.85972,

12.61111] ( Haacke 2008:86, 90; Heincke et al.

2014:27, 38; Ceríaco et al. 2016a:55);

Omahua" [-16.199642, 12.39877] ( Agarwal et al. 2017:649). MAP 135. Distribution of Kolekanos plumicaudus in Angola .

Taxonomic and distributional notes:

Heinicke et al. (2014) assigned A. pulmicaudus to a new genera Kolekanus, which is readily distinguished from all other genera of African leaf-toed geckos based on its uniquely flattened tail with pointed lateral projections. This species is restricted to granite boulders on grassy, sandy plains with stunted Acacia mellifera thornbush ( Haacke 2008; Agarwal et al. 2017).