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Hemidactylus kyaboboensis

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Hemidactylus kyaboboensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. kyaboboensis
Binomial name
Hemidactylus kyaboboensis
Wagner [de], Leaché & Fujita, 2014[1]
Synonyms

Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Leaché & Fujita, 2010 — nomen nudum

Hemidactylus kyaboboensis is a species of forest geckos from Ghana and Togo. Its type locality is Kyabobo National Park, to which its specific name refers.[1][2] It is the sister species of Hemidactylus fasciatus.[1]

Description

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Hemidactylus kyaboboensis grow to a maximum snout–vent length of 80 mm (3.1 in) and a maximum total length of 160 mm (6.3 in). The head is broad. The body has indistinct dark crossbands and more prominent whitish stripes and dots. There is a broad crossband on the neck that reaches the lower tip of the ear hole.[1][2]

Habitat and distribution

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Hemidactylus kyaboboensis have been collected from moist, semi-deciduous rainforests in the Togo Hills of eastern Ghana and Missahöhe in western Togo. These rainforests are habitat islands within the more arid Dahomey Gap.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Wagner, Philipp; Adam D. Leaché; Matthew K. Fujita (2014). "Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 63 (1): 1–14.
  2. ^ a b Hemidactylus kyaboboensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2016.

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