Ancylodactylus mathewsensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Ancylodactylus
Species: Ancylodactylus mathewsensis

Name

Ancylodactylus mathewsensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022: 116

• Holotype: NMK-L3375/1, adult ♂, collected by Patrick K. Malonza & Justus Ochong on 9 June 2010.
• Type locality: “Mathews Range Forest at Mugur area, Namunyak Conservancy, Samburu County, Kenya (01.25558° N, 37.22130° E; 1768 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Malonza, P.K. & Bauer, A.M. 2022. Resurrection of the African gecko genus Ancylodactylus Müller, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of six new species from Kenya. Zootaxa 5141(2): 101–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.2.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Ancylodactylus mathewsensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mathews Range Forest Gecko