Lygodactylus chobiensis FitzSimons, 1932

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L., Harvey, James, Júlio, Timóteo & Neef, Götz, 2022, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 322) 16 (2), pp. 181-214 : 192

Lygodactylus chobiensis FitzSimons, 1932

Okavango Dwarf Gecko ( Fig. 12 , Map 12)

Material (1 specimen): PEM R 27402, Luvu River camp, -13.71200° 21.83538°, 1,082 m asl. Description: Mental not divided by lateral clefts, two faint dark V-shaped chevrons on throat; 74 dorsal midbody scale rows; 22 ventral midbody scale rows; 6/6 supralabials; 6/6 infralabials; 4 scales touching nostril; 5 divided scansors under 4 th toe. Largest female: 25.5 + 26.2 mm ( PEM R27402 ). Habitat and natural history notes: Found sleeping in a tree at night. Comment: This represents the first documented record for Angola, although this species has been predicted to occur in eastern and southeastern Angola ( Marques et al. 2018) .

Figures

Fig. 12. Adult female Lygodactylus chobiensis from Luvu River. Photo by Chad Keates.