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Measurements

• SVL: snout-vent length (from tip of snout to vent),
• TrunkL: trunk length (distance from axilla to groin measured from posterior edge of forelimb insertion to anterior edge of hindlimb insertion),
• HeadL: head length (distance between retroarticular process of jaw and snout-tip),
• HeadW: head width (maximum width of head),
• HeadH: head height (maximum height of head, from occiput to underside of jaws),
• SnEye: snout to eye distance (distance between anteriormost point of eye and tip of snout),
• NarEye: nares to eye distance (distance between anteriormost point of eye and nostril),
• OrbD: orbital diameter (greatest diameter of orbit),
• EyeEar: eye to ear distance (distance from anterior edge of ear opening to posterior corner of eye),
• EarL: ear length (longest dimension of ear),
• Interorb: interorbital distance (shortest distance between left and right supraciliary scale rows),
• ForeaL: forearm length (from base of palm to elbow),
• CrusL: crus length (from base of heel to knee),
• TailL: tail length (from vent to tip of tail),
• TailW: tail width (measured at widest point of tail).

Normally counts and measurements were made on right side of specimen

Scales

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Types of scales Scale counts

A revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the description of eight new species (PDF Download Available). Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229042874_A_revision_of_the_Pachydactylus_serval_and_P_weberi_groups_Reptilia_Gekkota_Gekkonidae_of_Southern_Africa_with_the_description_of_eight_new_species [accessed May 21, 2016].