Pachydactylus carinatus BAUER, LAMB & BRANCH, 2006

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	Richtersveld Gecko
Synonym	Pachydactylus carinatus BAUER, LAMB & BRANCH 2006: 673 Pachydactylus serval onscepensis — MCLACHLAN & SPENCE 1966: 155 Pachydactyluscf. serval — BAUER & BRANCH 2003: 133 Pachydactylus carinatus — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013 Pachydactylus carinatus — BATES et al. 2014: 129
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Northern Cape Province), Namibia (Lüderitz, Karasburg Districts). Elevation 40-720 m. This species is distributed throughout the Richtersveld National Park and in adjacent parts of southern Namibia (Figs. 21, 30–31 in Bauer et al. 2006). It occurs in areas along the Orange River both to the east and west of the park boundaries — Annisfontein in the west and several localities in the east, at least as far upstream as Goodhouse, where it is replaced by P. montanus. It extends southwards to about the level of Kuboes and northwards as far as Namuskluft in the west and Ai-Ais in the east. Type locality: South Africa, Northern Cape Province, Richtersveld National Park, 13.3 km E of Oenna Mine (28°05′11′′S, 17°07′45′′E).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 201908 (Fig. 101): Adult female; coll. A.M. Bauer, 4 July 1996. PARATYPES: CAS, PEM, TM
Comment	HABITAT: P. carinatus is rupicolous and occupies retreats under overhanging rock flakes and narrow cracks and crevices within and between rocks in bouldery areas.
Etymology	ETYMOLOGY.—The specific epithet carinatusis Latin for keeled and is in reference to the prominent keeled tubercles typical of this species.
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Bauer, Aaron M. Lamb, Trip. Branch, William R. 2006. A revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the description of eight new species. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 57 (12-24):595-709. - get paper here Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here Mashinini, P. L. and Mahlangu, L. M. 2013. An annotated catalogue of the types of gekkonid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 165-181 Mclachlan, G.R.; Spence, J.M. 1966. The Genus Pachydactylus (Part 1). Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. 5: 149-156
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/gekkonidae/pachydactylus_carinatus.htm Google images

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