Lygodactylus stevensoni Hewitt, 1926b

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), Zootaxa 4576 (1), pp. 1-45 : 12

Lygodactylus stevensoni Hewitt, 1926b

Annals of the Natal Museum, 5:445; Plate XXV, Figs. 3– 4 .

Syntypes (3): PEM R16074–6 (formerly AMG 5053 ) ; Khami Ruins, Zimbabwe; R.H.R. Stevenson, 13 April 1925 .

Remarks. The description refers to only three specimens as ‘Types’. One specimen is illustrated in Plate XXV, figure 3, and can be associated with confidence to PEM R16074. All specimens in good condition, except for PEM R16075, which lacks a tail.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Family Gekkonidae I: A—Neotype of Geko wahlbergii (PEM R17603), B—Syntype of Hemidactylus tasmani (PEM R16077), C—Syntype of Lygodactylus bradfieldi (PEM R14590), D—Syntype of Lygodactylus stevensoni (PEM R16074). All scale bars are 1 cm.

FIGURE 4. Family Gekkonidae II: A—Syntype of Oedura amatolica (PEM R9439), B—Topotype of Oedura halli (PEM R8502), C—Syntype of Oedura pondolia (PEM R16069), D—Syntype of Oedura karroica wilmoti (PEM R9495), E—Syntype of Oedura tembulica PEM R9451), F—Syntype of Rhoptropus bradfieldi (PEM R15876). All scale bars are 1 cm.