Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870

Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870: 641 . Type locality: “Quitah, Gold Coast ”, Keta, Guinea (= Ghana) .

Hemidactylus intestinalis Werner, 1897: 263 . Type locality: Togo.

Distribution. Widespread from West Africa (Guinea Conakry) to Central Africa (Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo). In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Río Muni, in Monte Alén National Park at the Laña River (Lasso et al. 2002) and at Monte Mitra Forest (Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) (Map 8C).

Comments. Lasso et al. (2002) recorded H. muriceus in the forest of the Laña River. Gonwouo & Nsang (2005) reported the presence of H. muriceus (as H. intestinalis Werner, 1897, current junior synonym of H. muriceus) at 2.5 m above the ground in primary forest at Monte Mitra. Both records fall within Monte Alén National Park, where Hemidactylus kamdemtohami has been recorded occupying the same microhabitat (Bauer & Pauwels 2002). However, as the record of H. kamdemtohami is based on a single photographed specimen morphologically close to the specimens of H. muriceus from Río Muni, a detailed study of Hemidactylus from Río Muni is needed.

Specimens examined. No specimens of this taxon were found in the examined collections.