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Issue: Vol. 1073 No. 1: 1 Nov. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1073.1.2
Page range: 31–35
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 2

Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri

Laboratorio de Anatomía Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, E-36200 Vigo, Spain
WWF-Antsakaviro BP 738, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar;
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Mauritskade 61, 1092 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Reptilia Squamata Gekkonidae Lygodactylus Lygodactylus klemmeri Madagascar taxonomy

Abstract

Lygodactylus klemmeri Pasteur, 1964 is a small diurnal gekkonid lizard described on the basis of a single male specimen from Antsingy forest in western Madagascar, deposited in the Paris museum. This specimen could not be retrieved during recent years in the Paris collection and might be lost. Hence, the only existing information on this gecko is the original description and some subsequent remarks on the holotype by G. Pasteur. We here report on new material of L. klemmeri from the collection of the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, and provide a comparison to published morphological data of the holotype.

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