Hemidactylus cf. bayonii Bocage, 1893

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 : 19

Hemidactylus cf. bayonii Bocage, 1893

Material (one specimen): One adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 208; Fig. S28 ), collected from Ambaca [-9.26667º, 15.18333º, 738 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown .

Comments: Hemidactylus bayonii is an Angolan endemic species first described by Bocage (1893b). Until recently, it was only known from the regions surrounding the Kwanza River ( Marques et al. 2018). Ceríaco et al. (2020a), in a review of the genus Hemidactylus from Angola, commented on the systematics of H. bayonii and designated a neotype for the species. The present specimen was never cited in any of Ferreira’s (1904, 1906) papers, nor included in Ceríaco et al. (2020a) revision of the genus for Angola.

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FIGURE S28. Specimen of Hemidactylus cf. bayonii (MHNCUP/REP 208), from Ambaca. Photo by Bruna Santos.