Key to the species of the Pachydactylus mariquensis complex:
1a. Nasorostrals in contact or occasionally separated by a single granule……..…………. 2
b. Nasorostrals separated by two or more small granules ……………………………..… 3
2a. Scales on snout enlarged, 10 or fewer across snout at midpoint between snout tip and
anterior margin of orbit; first supralabial contacts rim of nostril …...... … P. macrolepis
b. 14 or more scales across snout at midpoint between snout tip and anterior margin of
orbit; first supralabial excluded from or in narrow contact with rim of
nostril……………………………………………………………….….…P. mariquensis
3a. First supralabial excluded from nostril rim; dorsal edge of rostral flush with internasal
scales……………………………………………………………………..... P. latirostris
b. First supralabial participating in (or very narrowly excluded from) nostril rim; dorsal
edge of rostral scale raised above level of internasals, forming a sharp low ridge
………………………………………………………………………………..P. amoenus
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