Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi BOULENGER 1885
Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi.
© J.P. Coates Palgrave
Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi from Malawi.
© J.P. Coates Palgrave
Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi from Hwange District, Zimbabwe.
© Donald Broadley
Originalbeschreibung / Original description
Head regularly oviform, not much broader than the neck; snout obtuse, subtriangular, a little longer than the diameter of the orbit. Ear-opening very small, oval, oblique. Limbs moderate; digits short, of subequal width throughout their length, with four or five lamellae inferiorly. Body not much depressed. Tail rounded, very thick in its anterior half, ending in a thin point. Snout covered with couvex scales which are much larger than the granules of the back; the remainder of the head covered with very small granules intermixed with larger ones; naso-rostrals in contact; rostral broader than high; eight upper labials; seven lower labials, first as long as, and broader than, the mental: latter a little narrowed posteriorly, twice as long as broad. Back covered with granules intermixed with large, keeld, conical tubercles arranged rather irregulaqrly. Outer side of femur and tibia with conical tubercles. Throat granulate, belly covered with moderate-sized imbricated scales. Tail covered with rather large, equal, strongly imbricate, cycloid smooth scales. Head yellowish, bordered by a blackish streak extending from one nostril to the other, passing through the eye and conturning the occiput: this streak bordered posteriorly by a broader cream-coloured band; back and upper surface of tail light brown, the former eith two, the latter with seven, large, transverse, cream-coloured, blackish-edged spots; limbs and lower surfaces uniform cream-coloured.
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Total length |
79 millim. |
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Head |
13 “ |
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Width of head |
8,5 “ |
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Body |
28 “ |
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Fore limb |
13” |
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Hind limb |
17 “ |
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Tail |
38 “ |
Lake Nyassa.
a. Adult.