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Reproductive cycle of the Namib giant ground gecko, Chondrodactylus angulifer (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Stephen R. Goldberg --- Department of Biology, U.S.A.The reproductive cycle of the Namib giant ground gecko, Chondrodactylus angulifer, from southern Africa was described from a histological examination of gonadal material from museum specimens. Males followed a seasonal testicular cycle in which (based on available specimens) the major... -
Chromosomal rearrangements occurred repeatedly and independently during species diversification in Malagasy geckos, genus Paroedura
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Gennaro Aprea --- Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy Franco Andreone --- Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Italy Domenico Fulgione --- Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy Agnese Petraccioli --- Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy Gaetano Odierna --- Dipartimento di Biologia, ItalyWe conducted a phylogenetic study through karyological data, by standard staining and Ag-NOR banding, and molecular analysis (by 12S and 16S mitochondrial rRNA genes and nuclear gene C-mos) on 11 species of Malagasy geckos, genus Paroedura, and two relatives (Ebenavia... -
Phylogenetic relationships among members of the Pachydactylus capensis group of southern African geckos
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Aaron M. Bauer --- Department of Biology, U.S.A. Trip Lamb --- Department of Biology, U.S.A.Phylogenetic relationships among members of the Pachydactylus capensis group of southern African geckos -
What do myrmecophagous geckos eat when ants are not available?: comparative diets of three Socotran species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Miguel A. Carretero --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Pietro Lo Cascio --- Associazione ‘Nesos’,, ItalyThe diet of three populations of semaphore geckos (Pristurus) from Socotra archipelago is analysed based on 82 faecal pellets. Pristurus samhaensis from the small islands of Samha (n = 18) and Darsa (n = 24) and P. sokotranus from the... -
A review of the genus Homopholis Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Donald G. Broadley --- , Zimbabwe Todd R. Jackman --- , , USA Aaron M. Bauer --- , , USAOn the basis of molecular data, the gekkonid lizard Homopholis arnoldi Loveridge is revived as a full species. Morphologically it is usually distinguishable from H. wahlbergii on the basis of its striped dorsal colour pattern. Homopholis arnoldi has a wide... -
Sheddable armour: identification of osteoderms in the integument of Geckolepis maculata (Gekkota)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Daniel J. Paluh --- , , USA Aaron H. Griffing --- , , USA Aaron M. Bauer --- , , USAOsteoderms are bony deposits that form within the dermal layer of skin in vertebrates. Within geckos, osteoderms are uncommon, only described in Gekko gecko and the genus Tarentola. A previous report of osteoderms in the Afro-Malagasy gekkonid genus Geckolepis has... -
The reptiles of Tinhosa Grande islet (Gulf of Guinea): A taxonomic update and the role of Quaternary sea level fluctuations in their diversification
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Luis MP Ceríaco --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Justin Bernstein --- Rutgers University-Newark, USA Ana C Sousa --- Universidade de Évora, Portuga Mariana P Marques --- Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Aaron M Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Sietze J Norder --- Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, The NetherlandsThe reptile fauna of Tinhosa Grande islet, Gulf of Guinea, comprises an endemic skink, Trachylepis adamastor, and an unidentified species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus. Until recently, no molecular data were available for either species, impeding their phylogenetic placement... -
Thermal physiology of Tropical House Geckos (Hemidactylus mabouia) in a cool temperate region of South Africa.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: S Welman --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa I Ibarzabal --- Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaTemperature profoundly influences the functioning of ectotherms and understanding the thermal biology of invasive species affords valuable insights regarding the suitability of different habitats. Yet, this remains an understudied aspect in the field of invasion biology. Here, we investigated the... -
Evolutionary scenarios in the Pachydactylus Group geckos of southern Africa: new hypotheses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University,Gekkonid lizards constitute one of the most diverse and highly endemic components of the southern African herpetofauna. Although higher order relationships among African geckos remain obscure, the Pachydactylus Group has been widely accepted as monophyletic. Within this clade many taxa... -
A reconsideration of the systematic status of Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus Haacke 1965
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Trip Lamb --- East Carolina University, USAWe re‐evaluated the taxonomic status of Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus, an endemic Namibian gecko. Preanal pores, the character originally used to diagnose the taxon, are variably present, but R. b. diporus is reliably differentiated from R. b. bradfieldi by smaller, more... -
A new forest‐dwelling hemidactylus (squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gabon, West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA OlivierS.G. Pauwels --- Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, BelgiumA distinctive new species of forest‐dwelling gecko of the genus Hemidactylus is described from Mt. Iboundji in south central Gabon. The species is distinguished from other equatorial West African members of the genus by its 18–19 rows of small dorsal... -
A new species of hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from West Africa, and comments on species hitherto confused with H. Muriceus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Klaus Henle --- Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig‐Halle GmbH, Germany Wolfgang Böhme --- Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, GermanyWe describe a new species of Hemidactylus, H. pseudomuriceus. It is very similar to H. muriceus but differs in the number of internasal granules and has a central row of enlarged instead of narrow subcaudal scales. The new species lives... -
First chromosomal analysis for the genus Lygodactylus (Gray, 1864): The karyotype of L. picturatus (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekkoninae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Riccardo Castiglia --- Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, ItalyThe karyotype of Lygodactylus picturatus is here described, providing the first description of the karyotype in the genus. One male from Tanzania shows 2n = 40 (30 telocentrics, 6 subtelocentrics, 4 small metacentrics,) while one female from Kenya presents 2n... -
Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Trip Lamb --- East Carolina University, USAPachydactylus and its close relatives (Chondrodactylus, Colopus, Palmatogecko) constitute the most species‐rich component of the southern African gekkonid fauna. We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial (cytb, 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA) and nuclear (RAG‐1) gene sequences for these geckos. Pachydactylus... -
Do male barking geckos (Ptenopus garrulus garrulus) avoid refuges scented by other males?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: TobyJ. Hibbitts --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa MartinJ. Whiting --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaLizards frequently rely on chemical cues to detect the presence of a conspecific or a predator, or to sample and detect potential prey. Male lizards in particular, may chemically sample potential refuges to avoid rivals. We tested whether male common... -
A new species of prehensile‐tailed gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Michele Menegon --- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, ItalyA new species of prehensile‐tailed gecko of the genus Urocotyledon is described from the dry western slopes of the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. The species is most similar to its west African congeners, differing significantly from U. wolterstorffi of the... -
New species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Matthew Lebreton --- Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society, Cameroon Laurent Chirio --- Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, France Ivan Ineich --- Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, France Marcell Talla Kouete --- Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society, CameroonA new large (100 mm SVL) species of forest‐dwelling gecko of the genus Hemidactylus is described from the Furu‐Awa area in the Northwest Province of Cameroon. The species is distinguished from other equatorial West African members of the genus by... -
Homopholis and blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) revisited: New insights from a molecular phylogeny
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Eli Greenbaum --- Villanova University, USA AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA ToddR. Jackman --- Villanova University, USASouth African Homopholis Boulenger, 1885 and Madagascan Blaesodactylus Boettger, 1893 are gekkonid genera originally distinguished by minor differences in scalation. Subsequent morphological studies have argued either for synonymy of the genera, or retention of the original 19th century taxonomy. Moreover,... -
Folliculogenesis and ovarian histology of the oviparous gecko, Hemidactylus mabouia (Sauria: Gekkonidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: GanasK. Moodley --- University of KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa JohannesH. van Wyk --- University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaHistological changes during the ovarian cycle of the oviparous gekkonid lizard, Hemidactylus mabouia are described. The ovaries each contained a single germinal epithelium (bed) with numerous oogonia and primordial follicles. Similar to other squamates, the ovarian stroma was characterized by... -
A new leaf‐toed gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from south‐western Angola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WulfD. Haacke --- , South AfricaThe new species of leaf‐toed gecko described here was originally referred to as Phyllodactylus sp. while describing P. swartbergensis (Haacke, 1996), when a cleared specimen was used for comparison with those of most of the other then‐accepted southern African species... -
A long-known new species of gecko allied to Pachydactylus bicolor (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the central Namibian coast
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: MatthewP. Heinicke --- Villanova University, USA LaurenM. Adderly --- Villanova University, USA AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA ToddR. Jackman --- Villanova University, USAA new species of the ‘northwestern clade’ of Pachydactylus is described from the coast of central Namibia. It has long been considered a population of the widespread species Pachydactylus bicolor, from which it differs in body proportions, in having at... -
A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa with comments on the African-Atlantic clade of Hemidactylus geckos
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: ElizabethC. Miller --- University of California, USA AnnaB. Sellas --- California Academy of Sciences, USA RobertC. Drewes --- California Academy of Sciences, USAThe remote oceanic Gulf of Guinea islands of São Tomé and Príncipe are home to a highly endemic herpetofauna, which has become the focus of modern, on-going scientific analysis only during the past decade. Until now, the endemic Hemidactylus greeffi...