Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 41

Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870

Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870: 641 . Type locality: “Quitah, Gold Coast ”, Keta , Guinea (= Ghana) .

Hemidactylus intestinalis Werner, 1897: 263 . Type locality: Togo.

Distribution. Widespread from West Africa ( Guinea Conakry) to Central Africa ( Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo). In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Río Muni, in Monte Alén National Park at the Laña River ( Lasso et al. 2002) and at Monte Mitra Forest ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) ( Map 8C ).

Comments. Lasso et al. (2002) recorded H. muriceus in the forest of the Laña River. Gonwouo & Nsang (2005) reported the presence of H. muriceus (as H. intestinalis Werner, 1897 , current junior synonym of H. muriceus ) at 2.5 m above the ground in primary forest at Monte Mitra. Both records fall within Monte Alén National Park, where Hemidactylus kamdemtohami has been recorded occupying the same microhabitat ( Bauer & Pauwels 2002). However, as the record of H. kamdemtohami is based on a single photographed specimen morphologically close to the specimens of H. muriceus from Río Muni, a detailed study of Hemidactylus from Río Muni is needed.

Specimens examined. No specimens of this taxon were found in the examined collections.

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MAPS 8 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Hemidactlyus aff. longicephalus (question mark represents a dubious record; see species account); (B) Hemidactylus mabouia; (C) Hemidactylus muriceus.