Kolekanos plumicaudus

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

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Kolekanos
Species: Kolekanos plumicaudus

Name

Kolekanos plumicaudus (Haacke, 2008)

• Holotype: TM 40527, adult ♂, collected by W.D. Haacke on 1 April 1971.
• Type locality: “"Tambor" (= turn-off of track to the south towards the Coroca River crossing into the Iona Park and the Kunene River mouth, marked by an empty 200 litre drum) 16º08’08”S, 12º25’47”E (1612Ab), Namibé (= Mossamedes) district, Angola”.

Combinations

• Afrogecko plumicaudus Haacke, 2008: 86 [original combination]
• Kolekanos plumicaudus — Heinicke, Daza, Greenbaum, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 35 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Haacke, W.D. 2008. A new leaf-toed gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from south-western Angola. African Journal of Herpetology 57(2): 85–92.
• Heinicke, M.P., Daza, J.D., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12(1): 23–42. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2013.877999 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Kolekanos plumicaudus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 July 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Slender Feather-tailed Gecko