Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959

Fig. 6 d, e

Records.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 681 m] ( CAS 10283, 10347); Maylowe [- 13.8342, 13.2767, 803 m] ( CAS 266145; MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001573); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2616, 804 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001574); 2 km N of Maylowe, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.8280, 13.2646, 8020 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001575 - 001581).

Comments.

The species is known from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia ( Marques et al. 2018). It is part of a diverse and primarily rupiculous “ northwestern clade ” of Pachydactylus ( Bauer and Lamb 2005; Heinicke et al. 2011), sister to P. angolensis Loveridge, 1944 and P. maiatoi ( Heinicke et al. 2017 b; Marques et al. 2023 a). Usually found in crevices and cracks of granitic boulders.

Figures

Figure 6. a Chondrodactylus pulitzerae b Lygodactylus baptistai c Lygodactylus nyaneka d, e Pachydactylus caraculicus (adult and juvenile) f Pachydactylus maiatoi g Pachydactylus cf. punctatus h Rhoptropus aff. barnardi. Photographs by AT (a, d, e, g); IA (b, f) and LMPC (c, h).