Hemidactylus matschiei ( Tornier, 1901 )

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

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https://doi.org/10.5252/z2015n2a7

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scientific name

Hemidactylus matschiei ( Tornier, 1901 )
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Hemidactylus matschiei ( Tornier, 1901)

Bunocnemis matschiei Tornier, 1901: 71 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 2 specimens: Togo. Bismarkburg ZMB 16605 (holotype of Hemidactylus matschiei ), coll. JFT 4230.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species was described by Tornier (1901) on the basis of a specimen from Bismarkburg (currently Yégué in Adélé). A recent study undertaken by Trape et al. (2012) confirmed the presence of this species in the same area. So far no further locality has become known. Its habitat is characterized by tropical wet forests or semi-deciduous forests with degraded zones.

TORNIER G. 1901. - Die Crocodile, Schildkroten und Eidechsen in Togo. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte (Beiheft) 1901: 65 - 88.

TRAPE J. - F., TRAPE S. & CHIRIO L. 2012. - Lezards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD editions, Marseilles: 1 - 503.

ZMB

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Gekkonidae

Genus

Hemidactylus