Lygodactylus lobeke Röll, Vaz Pinto and Lobón-Rovira, 2024

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Mayombe NP, Sanga Wanda; –4.6253, 12.4583; 221 m a.s.l.; FKH 1259; GenBank: PQ456005 .

Identification. This individual is part of the type series of a recently described taxon within the L. scheffleri group, L. lobeke . It differs by 3.5% (16S p -distance) from the only other known specimen from Cameroon (GenBank: GU593484), which is referred to as Lygodactylus sp. B (Röll et al. 2010) and Lygodactylus sp. 6 in Gippner et al. (2021). A recent phylogenetic and taxonomic revision of this group have considered this material from Cabinda and Cameroon to be conspecific and described it as a new species (Röll et al., in press).

Biology and distribution. The collected specimen was found in primary rainforest in Lower Mayombe. It was found during the day among leaf litter, while the terrain was being prepared for a camp site. Presumably, it may have fallen from the tree canopy above.