Pachydactylus maculatus albomarginatus Hewitt, 1932

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), Zootaxa 4576 (1), pp. 1-45 : 17

Pachydactylus maculatus albomarginatus Hewitt, 1932

Annals of the Natal Museum; 7(1):121; Plate VI, Figs. 6–7 .

Current name: Pachydactylus oculatus Hewitt, 1927 (fide De Waal, 1978)

Syntypes (3): PEM R7625 , R7632 , R7634 (formerly AMG 6368 ) ; Norvals Pont, Colesberg, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; Mr. B. Peers, ‘ 23 June 1930 ’.

Remarks: The description illustrates two specimens (PEM R7625 and R7632). No date was provided in the original publication, but the label reads ‘ 23 June 1930 ’. All specimens are in good overall condition, but PEM R7625 has a detached tail. Loveridge (1947) placed P. oculatus and P. m. albomarginatus in the synonymy of P. maculatus , although De Waal (1978) regarded P. m. albomarginatus as a synonym of P. oculatus . He also reported, in error (p. 22, 24) that the types in the AMG were missing. Examination of the types confirms that they are morphologically similar to P. oculatus .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Family Gekkonidae IV: A—Holotype of Pachydactylus maculatus microlepis (PEM R7731), B—Syntype of Pachydactylus mentalis (PEM R8375), C—Holotype of Pachydactylus montanus onscepensis (PEM R16050), D—Holotype of Pachydactylus oreophilus (PEM R1921), E—Syntype of Pachydactylus punctatus amoniodes (PEM R8070), F—Holotype of Pachydactylus rugosus frater (PEM R16066). All scale bars are 1 cm.

FIGURE 7. Family Gekkonidae V: A—Holotype of Phyllodactylus braacki (PEM R4361), B—Lectotype of Phyllodactylus essexi (PEM R11157), C—Holotype of Phyllodactylus hewitti (PEM R7829), D—Holotype of Phyllodactylus hexaporus (PEM R10993), E—Syntype of Phyllodactylus porphyreus cronwrigthi (PEM R16087), F—Holotype of Phyllodactylus porphyreus namaquensis (PEM R16091). All scale bars are 1 cm.