Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1201.120750 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23C7E6E7-AE73-4685-AEDA-26DEB0EE0068 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11196666 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/05B4931D-24F9-51C0-84CE-DB0BCB042AA0 |
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Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959 |
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Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959 View in CoL
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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.
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California Academy of Sciences |
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Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage |
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