A new leaf‐toed gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from south‐western Angola

Abstract

The new species of leaf‐toed gecko described here was originally referred to as Phyllodactylus sp. while describing P. swartbergensis (Haacke, 1996), when a cleared specimen was used for comparison with those of most of the other then‐accepted southern African species of Phyllodactylus. When reviewing the Southern African and Old World Phyllodactylus, Bauer et al. (1997), described five new genera and placed P. swartbergensis, P.porphyreus and P.ansorgii into the new genus Afrogecko. This new species was also, but only tentatively, placed into Afrogecko. A recent opportunity provided access to fresh material, including tissue material, which will allow a reassessment of the generic status after the description of this species.