Hemidactylus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901

Bauer, Aaron M., Tchibozo, Sévérin, Pauwels, Olivier S. G. & Lenglet, Georges, 2006, A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), Zootaxa 1242, pp. 1-20 : 9

Hemidactylus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901

Hemidactylus ansorgii is widespread in West Africa from Liberia to Cameroon ( Loveridge 1947; Henle & Böhme 2003), although as yet there are no confirmed records from Bénin. Henle and Böhme (2003) clarified the status of this species, which has been frequently misidentified in the past, thus calling in to question the validity of literature records ( Dunger 1968; van Eijsden 1978) that have not been verified in this new light. Perret (1975) considered H. ansorgii as a junior synonym of H. intestinalis Werner, 1897 , but Henle and Böhme (2003) have presented compelling evidence that the latter is, in reality, a junior synonym of H. muriceus .