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Global conservation status (lUCN): Not 
Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The range of this 
speeies extends from Mauritania aeross mueh 
of the Sahel to Sudan and the Horn of Africa 
and south through East Africa. In Central 
Africa it extends as far south as northeastern 
Angola, although records in the region are 
scattered and its true distribution is uncertain. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 129): The 
species has been recorded only from “Alto 
Cuilo,” Lunda Sul Province. Lunda Sul; “Alto 
Cuilo” [-10.01667, 19.55000] (Laurent 
1964a;29). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
This species was recently elevated to a full 
species based on molecular evidence that iden¬ 
tifies it as a member of a completely different 
major clade from the Asian Hemidactylus 
brookii Gray, 1845, under wich it was previously subsumed (Carranza and Arnold 2006; Bauer et 
al. 2006c). Hallowell’s type specimen was originally thought to have come from Liberia as the 
donor was “Mr. Henry Ford of Liberia,” however, the locality was subsequently corrected to Gabon 
(Loveridge 1947). Loveridge (1947, 1957) comidQrQd Hemidactylus bayonii Bocage, 1893 a syn¬ 
onym of H. angulatus and its type constituted his only Angolan record for this species. However, 
Laurent (1964a) stated that Loveridge’s synonymy was incorrect and reported that the specimen 
that he identified from “Alto Cuilo” was actually the first H. angulatus to be captured in Angola. 
We recently examined this specimen, but it is in too poor a condition to verify specific identity. 
Numerous biological species are currently subsumed under the name H. angulatus (I. Agarwal et 
al., unpublished). 
Hemidactylus bayonii Bocage, 1893 Bayao’s Gecko (Endemic) 
Hemidactylus Bayonii Bocage 1893:116. Holotype: MBL specimen number not kn own (collector F.A.P. 
Bayao), destroyed by fire 18 March 1978. Type locality: “Dondo, sur les bords du Quanza” [= Dondo, near 
Quanza river edges], Kwanza Norte, Angola. 
Hemidactylus bayonii: Bocage (1895a: 13, 1897a: 193), Frade (1963:252), Laurent (1964a:30). 
Hemidactylus brookii angulatus: Loveridge (1947:139, 1957:184). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known only from Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 130): The species is only known from western regions of the 
Kwanza watershed. Kwanza Norte; “Dondo” [-9.68333, 14.43333] (Bocage 1893:116, 1895a:13, 
1897a:193). Kwanza Sul: “31 km au nord-est de Novo Redondo” [-11.00000, 14.05000] (Laurent 
1964a:30). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Loveridge (1947, 1957) considered the type specimen 
of Hemidactylus bayonii referable to H. angulatus. For some time this species was only known 
from the type locality, although Laurent (1964a) identified two individuals as Hemidactylus 
bayonii from “Kwanza Sul, 31 km from Novo Redondo”, not far from the type locality. Laurent 
(1964a) also provided a discussion about Loveridge’s (1947) mistaken synonymy of H. bayonii 
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Map 129. Distribution of Hemidactylus angulatus in 
Angola. 
