Hemidactylus coalescens Wagner, Leaché & Fujita 2014

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 35

Hemidactylus coalescens Wagner, Leaché & Fujita 2014

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Hemidactylus coalescens Wagner, Leaché & Fujita 2014: 7 . Type locality: “ Cameroon, Campo Region , Nkoelon, 2.3972º N, 10.04515º E ″.

Distribution. This species occurs from southern Cameroon to Gabon and Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1905) and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002), including Monte Mitra ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) ( Map 7B ).

Comments. Populations from Equatorial Guinea were formerly treated as H. fasciatus Gray, 1842 until the revision of Wagner et al. (2014).

Specimens examined. Eight specimens. Río Muni: Cabo San Juan, 17 August 1901, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) ( MNCN 4504 ) ; boca del Río Aye , Río Muni, 1964 ( EBD 2744 ) ; Yengüe , Río Muni, 9 July 1964 ( EBD 2733–2734 ) ; Bata , 1987 ( EBD 27506–27509 ) .

Figures

MAPS 7A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Hemidactylus biokoensis; (B) Hemidactylus coalescens; (C) Hemidactylus kamdemtohami.

FIGURE 8. From left to right: dorsal, lateral, and ventral views of the head of. Hemidactylus angulatus (A) (MNCN 4473), Hemidactylus coalescens (B) (MNCN 4504); and dorsal view of the head, dorsal trunk surface and ventral view of the head of Hemidactylus cf. longicephalus (C) (MNCN 15665). Photos: AS-V.