In:
ZooKeys, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 1127 ( 2022-11-02), p. 91-116
Abstract:
We here describe a new species of feather-tailed leaf-toed gecko, Kolekanos , from southern Benguela Province, Angola, based on morphological and osteological evidence, supported by phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial data. The new species adds to the rapidly growing and newly-recognised endemic biodiversity of Angola, doubling the number of Kolekanos species, breaking the pattern observed within other closely-related African members of a clade of circum-Indian Ocean leaf-toed geckos – Ramigekko , Cryptactites and Afrogecko – all of which are presently monotypic. The new species is easily distinguished from K. plumicaudus , based on spine-like (as opposed to feather-like) scales on the margins of the original tail. Phylogenetic analyses also recovered the new taxon as monophyletic, with a well-supported sister relationship to K. plumicaudus , from which it differs by a substantial 24.1% NADH-dehydrogenase subunit 2 mitochondrial gene uncorrected p-distance.
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Online Resource
ISSN:
1313-2970
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1313-2989
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.1127.84942
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10.3897/zookeys.1127.84942.suppl1
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10.3897/zookeys.1127.84942.suppl2
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10.3897/zookeys.1127.84942.suppl3
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Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2022
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2445640-8
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12