Hemidactylus lavadeserticus Moravec & Böhme, 1997

Moravec, Jiří, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Amr, Zuair S., Jandzik, David, Šmíd, Jiří & Gvoždík, Václav, 2011, High genetic differentiation within the Hemidactylus turcicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Levant, with comments on the phylogeny and systematics of the genus, Zootaxa 2894, pp. 21-38 : 28

Hemidactylus lavadeserticus Moravec & Böhme, 1997 (new status)

Figs. 5 (C–D)

Hemidactylus turcicus lavadeserticus — Moravec and Böhme (1997), Disi et al. (2001), Moravec (2002), Baha El Din (2005), Amr et al. (2007), Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008).

Holotype. NMP 6 V 35540/1. Type locality: Ar’Raqiyeh, 32°48’N, 37°05’E, Muhafazat of Sweida, Syria.

Paratypes. NMP 6 V 34831/1, NMP 6 V 35540/2–4, ZFMK 64409, the same locality as holotype.

Note. At present, H. lavadeserticus is known only from its type locality in the basalt desert of southern Syria. However, its occurrence in the basalt fields of northeastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia is expected.

Figures

FIGURE 5. (A) Adult female of Hemidactylus turcicus (NMP 6 V 74131 / 1) from Palmyra (Syria). (B) Adult specimen of Hemidactylus cf. turcicus from NE Israel. (C) Male paratype of Hemidactylus lavadeserticus (NMP 6 V 35540 / 3). (D) Subadult male paratype of Hemidactylus dawudazraqi sp. n. (NMP 6 V 35541) from the type locality (lower individual) compared with subadult male paratype of Hemidactylus lavadeserticus (ZFMK 64409). (E) Adult male of Hemidactylus mindiae (NMP 6 V 72739 / 2) from Wadi Ramm (Jordan). (F) Subadult specimen of Hemidactylus mindiae (NMP 6 V 72739 / 3) from Wadi Ramm (Jordan).