Hemitheconyx Stejneger, 1893

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean-François, Afiademanyo, Komlan M., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain, David, Patrick, Meirte, Danny, Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, Petrozzi, Fabio & Luiselli, Luca, 2015, Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation, Zoosystema 37 (2), pp. 381-402 : 393-394

Genus Hemitheconyx Stejneger, 1893

Hemitheconyx caudicinctus ( Duméril, 1851) ( Fig. 12 )

Stenodactylus caudicinctus Duméril, 1851: 48 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 8 specimens: Togo. Atakpamé , MRAC 73 14 R 21 ; Binaparba, MRAC 73 9 R 53 ; Tohoun, coll. GHS-W 1266; no precise locality, ZMB 16035 and 16036 .

Ghana. Kété-Kratchi, ZMB 29023, 19798, 48752 and 16071.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species occurs in savannah ecosystems (both Guinea and Sudanese savannahs), and in the dry forests of ecological zone II. Overall, it is found in ecological zones I, II, and III. Its presence in ecological zone IV is probable, but

not confirmed. It was first recorded in Togo by Tornier (1901) for Sokodé, Kété-Kratchi (today in Ghana), and Mango. Loveridge (1947), Grandison (1956) and Bauer et al. (2006) mentioned its presence in Togo as well. This species is intensively harvested for the international pet trade; for instance, between 2000 and 2005, a total of 2485 live specimens were exported according to the CITES commission of the DFC of the Ministère de l’Environnement.

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FIG. 12. — Hemitheconyx caudicinctus (Duméril, 1851).