Pachydactlylus rangei (Andersson, 1908)

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 : 20

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scientific name	Pachydactlylus rangei (Andersson, 1908)
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Material (one specimen): One adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 217, formerly UP-MHNFCP-095008; Fig. S31 View FIGURE S ), collected from Bahia dos Tigres [= Baía dos Tigres] [-16.58559º, 11.82709º, 98 m a.s.l.] Namibe Province, in 1905 .

Comments: Pachydactylus rangei occurs in Namibe Province, southwestern Angola ( Marques et al. 2018). This species was never cited by Ferreira (1904, 1906) in any of his papers. MHNCUP/REP 217 locality matches the species distribution range in the country. P. rangei was first described as Palmatogecko rangei Andersson, 1908 , being the type species for the genus, but it was later synonymized with Pachydactylus by Bauer & Lamb (2005). The species was recently collected by Luís M. P. Ceríaco and Mariana P. Marques in the same area where Newton collected the aforementioned specimen ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ).

References

Bauer, A. M. & Lamb, T. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Africa Journal of Herpetology, 54 (2), 105 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21564574.2005.9635525

Ferreira, J. B. (1904) Reptis e amphibios de Angola da regiao ao norte do Quanza (Colleccao Newton 1903). Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Segunda Serie, 7 (25), 111 - 117.

Ferreira, J. B. (1906) Algumas especies novas ou pouco conhecidas de amphibios e reptis de Angola (Coleccao Newton - 1903 - 1904). Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Segunda Serie, 7 (26), 159 - 171.

Marques, M. P., Ceriaco, L. M. P., Blackburn, D. C. & Bauer, A. 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, Series 4, 65 (Supplement 2), 1 - 501.