Lygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902

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 : 41-43

Lygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902

Figure 9B

Lygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902: 670 . Type locality: “Bipindi…Fernando Po” ( Bipindi , Cameroon, and Bioko, Equatorial Guinea).

Lygodacutylus (sic) strongi Barbour & Loveridge, 1927: 18 . Type locality: Firestone Plantation , Du River, Liberia.

Distribution. It extends from Liberia to Gabon. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Bioko ( Tornier 1902) at Bahía de San Carlos ( Boulenger 1906) and Casa Moritz, Malabo ( Mertens 1964a), and from Río Muni at Monte Mitra in Monte Alén National Park ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) ( Map 9C ).

Comments. Part of the L. fischeri group, which also contains L. fischeri and L. thomensis ( Röll et al. 2010) . The presence of its close relative species L. fischeri in Río Muni ( Loveridge 1947), suggests that both taxa could be sympatric. They can be readily differentiated based on the number of rows of enlarged subcaudal scales, with two enlarged rows in L. fischeri and a single one in L. conraui ( Boulenger 1890; Loveridge 1947; Trape et al. 2012).

Specimens examined. No specimens of this taxon were found in the examined collections.

Figures

FIGURE 9. From left to right: dorsal side of the trunk, ventral view of hind legs and tail, and ventral view of the head of Hemidactylus mabouia (A) (EBD 2746); and dorsal, lateral, and ventral views of the head of Lygodactylus thomensis (B) (MNCN 46132), and Lacertaspis gemmiventris (C) (EBD 31523) showing a marbled pattern. Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 9 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Hemidactylus newtoni; (B) Hemidactylus richardsonii (question mark represents an imprecise record); (C) Lygodactylus conraui.