Hemidactylus coalescens

Hemidactylus coalescens is a species of geckos belonging to the family Gekkonidae. It occurs in Central Africa.[1][3]

Hemidactylus coalescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. coalescens
Binomial name
Hemidactylus coalescens
Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Hemidactylus coalescens Leaché & Fujita 2010 (nomen nudum)

Distribution and habitat

This species is locally common in rainforest regions of Central Africa, from southern Cameroon through Gabon to the Republic of the Congo.[1][2][3]

Description

Hemidactylus coalescens can reach a snout–vent length of 78 millimetres (3.1 in) and a total length of 174 millimetres (6.9 in). These medium-sized species has a more elongated head and three enlarged internasal scales. Body shows a few dark crossbands with white spots and pale brown interspaces with white spots. The first crossband is restricted to the neck. On the sides of the brown head there is a fine narrow dark stripe reaching the eyes.[2][3]

References

  1. LeBreton, M.; Chirio, L.; Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. (2021). "Hemidactylus coalescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T124309734A124309755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T124309734A124309755.en. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. Wagner, Philipp; Leaché, Adam D. & Fujita, Matthew K. (June 2014). "Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 63 (1): 1–14.
  3. Hemidactylus coalescens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 October 2022.

Further reading

  • Mboumba, Jean-François. "A new lizard species for Gabon, Ichnotropis bivittata Bocage, 1866 (Squamata, Lacertidae)."
  • Leaché, Adam D., et al. "Species delimitation using genome-wide SNP data." Systematic Biology 63.4 (2014): 534–542.


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