Ancylodactylus alantika

Taxonavigation

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

Ancylodactylus alantika (Bauer, Chirio, Ineich & LeBreton, 2006)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-2006.296, adult ♂, collected by M. LeBreton on 3 June 2001.
Type locality: “Cameroon, North Province, Monts Alantika, 8°36’18’’N, 12°36’47’’E, 1650 m”.

Cnemaspis alantika Bauer, Chirio, Ineich & LeBreton, 2006: 512 [original ocmbination]
Ancylodactylus alantika — Malonza & Bauer, 2022 [subsequent combination]

Bauer, A.M., Chirio, L., Ineich, I. & LeBreton, M. 2006. New Species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northern Cameroon, a Neglected Biodiversity Hotspot. Journal of Herpetology 40(4): 510–519. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[510:NSOCSG]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ancylodactylus alantika. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 December 2022.
LeBreton, M., Chirio, L. & Gonwouo, N.L. 2021. IUCN: Cnemaspis alantika (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T104681745A104681747. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T104681745A104681747.en. Accessed on 15 December 2022.

English: Alantika Rock Gecko