Authors
Javier Lobon-Rovira, Werner Conradie, Pedro Vaz Pinto, Chad Keates, Shelley Edwards, Anton DU Plessis, William R Branch
Publication date
2022/4/5
Journal
Zootaxa
Volume
5124
Issue
4
Pages
401-430
Description
Here we provide the first phylogenetic analysis that include Afrogecko ansorgii and a detailed morphological comparison with other species of leaf-toed geckos. For this purpose, we used two mitochondrial (16S, ND2) and four nuclear (RAG1, RAG2, CMOS, PDC) genes to produce a robust phylogenetic reconstruction. This allowed us to show that A. ansorgii is not related as previously believed to circum-Indian Ocean leaf-toed geckos and is rather more closely related to other Malagasy leaf-toed geckos. Additionally, we explore and compare osteological variation in A. ansorgii skulls through High Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography with previously published material. This allowed us to describe herein a new genus, Bauerius gen. nov., and additionally provide a detailed redescription of the species (including the first description of male material), supplementing the limited original description and type series, which consisted of only two females.
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Systematic revision of Afrogecko ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907)(Sauria: Gekkonidae) from western Angola.
J Lobon-Rovira, W Conradie, PV Pinto, C Keates… - Zootaxa, 2022