Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870

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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scientific name	Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870
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Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870: 641 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 2 specimens: Togo. Misa-Höhe, ZMB 13773 (holotype of Hemidactylus intestinalis Werner, 1897 ) and ZMB 16609 (juvenile).

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species was recorded for Togo through a specimen collected in Misa-Höhe ( Tornier, 1901). The holotype of Hemidactylus intestinalis was also collected in Misa- Höhe. Its presence in Togo was confirmed by Perret (1975). Henle & Böhme (2003) and Trape et al. (2012) indicated the presence of this species in the forest area bordering Ghana.

References

HENLE K. & BOHME W. 2003. - A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from West Africa, and comments on species hitherto confused with H. muriceus. African Journal of Herpetology 52: 23 - 38.

PERRET J. - L. 1975. - Revision critique de quelques types de Reptiles et Batraciens africains. Revue suisse de Zoolgie 82: 185 - 192, pl. I.

PETERS W. C. H. 1870. - Eine Mitteilung uber neue Amphibien (Hemidactylus, Urosaura, Tropidolepisma, Geophis, Uriechis, Scaphiophis, Hoplocephlaus, Rana, Entomogossus, Cystignathus, Hylodes, Arthroleptis, Phyllobates, Cophomantis) des Koniglichzoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1870: 641 - 652.

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.