Chondrodactylus pulitzerae (Schimdt, 1933)

Santos, Bruna S., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2021, Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection, Zootaxa 5028 (1), pp. 1-80 : 18

Chondrodactylus pulitzerae (Schimdt, 1933)

Material (seven specimens): Five adult specimens (MHNCUP/REP 201–205, formerly UP-MHNFCP-094992; Fig. S27 ), collected from Bahia dos Tigres [=Baía dos Tigres] [-16.58559º, 11.82709º, 98 m a.s.l.] Namibe Province, in 1905; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 206, formerly UP-MHNFCP-018321), collected from unknown locality, date unknown; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 207, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017359), collected from Bahia dos Tigres [= Baía dos Tigres] [-16.58559º, 11.82709º, 98 m a.s.l.] Namibe Province, in 1905 .

Comments: Chondrodactylus pulitzerae occurs along the Angolan coast, mainly in the south of the country ( Marques et al. 2018), with Caop Velha, Bengo Province, being the known northern limit of distribution ( Ceríaco et al. 2017). Heinz (2011) demonstrated that C. pulitzerae was the correct name for the Angolan lineage. Specimens from the Newton expedition were never cited before. MHNCUP/REP 201–205 specimens’ jar was labelled as “ Pachydactulus bibroni (Smith) Newton Bahia dos Tigres 1905 ” and “11 Baía dos Tigres 1905”. This matches the known distribution of the species, as C. pulitzerae has already been cited from Namibe Province ( Bocage 1895; Ceríaco et al. 2016b; Laurent 1964).

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FIGURE S27. Specimen of Chondrodactylus pulitzerae (MHNCUP/REP 203), from Baía dos Tigres. Photo by Bruna Santos.