Pachydactylus
Pachydactylus
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| Thick-toed geckos | |
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P. oshaughnessyi at Lusaka, Zambia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Pachydactylus Wiegmann, 1834[1] |
Synonyms | |
Palmatogecko | |
Pachydactylus is a genus of insectivorous geckos, endemic to Africa, and commonly known as thick-toed geckos.
Contents
1 Description
2 Behavior
3 Habitat
4 Diet
5 Geographic range
6 Species
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Description[edit]
The genus Pachydactylus is characterised by dilated toe tips, usually with undivided scansors. Body scales are small, granular and non-overlapping, with scattered, large keeled tubercles.
Behavior[edit]
Most, if not all, species of Pachydactylus are nocturnal.
Habitat[edit]
Pachydactylus species live in a diverse range of habitats.
Diet[edit]
Lizards of the genus Pachydactylus feed mainly on arthropods.
Geographic range[edit]
The geographic range of the genus Pachydactylus is centred on Southern Africa, some reaching East Africa, the northernmost limit of their distribution.
Species[edit]
The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]
Pachydactylus acuminatus V. FitzSimons, 1941
Pachydactylus affinis Boulenger, 1896 – Transvaal thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus amoenus F. Werner, 1910
Pachydactylus atorquatus Bauer, Barts & Hulbert, 2006
Pachydactylus austeni Hewitt, 1923 – Austen's thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus barnardi V. FitzSimons, 1941 – Barnard's thick-toed gecko[3]
Pachydactylus bicolor Hewitt, 1926 – velvety thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus boehmei Bauer, 2010
Pachydactylus capensis (A. Smith, 1846) – Cape thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus caraculicus V. FitzSimons, 1959 – Angolan banded thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus carinatus Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006
Pachydactylus etultra Branch, Bauer, Jackman & Heinicke, 2011
Pachydactylus fasciatus Boulenger, 1888 – banded thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus formosus A. Smith, 1849 – Smith's thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus gaiasensis Steyn & J. Mitchell, 1967 – Brandberg thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778) – ocellated thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus griffini Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006
Pachydactylus haackei Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996 – Haacke's thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus katanganus de Witte, 1953
Pachydactylus kladaroderma Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996 – thin-skinned thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus kobosensis V. FitzSimons, 1938
Pachydactylus labialis V. FitzSimons, 1938 – Calvinia thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus laevigatus Fischer, 1888 – Fischer's thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus maculatus Gray, 1845 – spotted thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus maraisi Heinicke, Adderly, Bauer & Jackman, 2011
Pachydactylus mariquensis A. Smith, 1849 – Marico thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus mclachlani Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006
Pachydactylus monicae Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006
Pachydactylus montanus Methuen & Hewitt, 1914
Pachydactylus monticolus V. FitzSimons, 1943 = Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778)
Pachydactylus namaquensis (Sclater, 1898) – Namaqua thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus oculatus Hewitt, 1927 – golden spotted thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus oreophilus McLachlan & Spence, 1967 – Kaokoveld thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi Boulenger, 1885 – O'Shaughnessy's thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus otaviensis Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006
Pachydactylus parascutatus Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2002
Pachydactylus punctatus W. Peters, 1854 – speckled thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus purcelli Boulenger, 1910
Pachydactylus rangei (Andersson, 1908) – Namib sand gecko
Pachydactylus reconditus Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006
Pachydactylus robertsi V. FitzSimons, 1938
Pachydactylus rugosus A. Smith, 1849 – rough thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus sansteynae Steyn & Mitchell, 1967 – San Steyn's thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus scherzi Mertens, 1954 – Sherz's thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus scutatus Hewitt, 1927 – large-scaled thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus serval F. Werner, 1910 – western spotted thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus tigrinus Van Dam, 1921 – tiger thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus tsodiloensis Haacke, 1966 – Tsodilo thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus vansoni V. FitzSimons, 1933 – Van Son's thick-toed gecko
Pachydactylus vanzyli (Steyn & Haacke, 1966)
Pachydactylus visseri Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006
Pachydactylus waterbergensis Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2003
Pachydactylus weberi Roux, 1907 – Weber's thick-toed gecko[3]
Pachydactylus werneri Hewitt, 1935
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
References[edit]
^ "Pachydactylus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
^ "Pachydactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ ab Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus barnardi, p. 17; P. weberi, p. 280).
Further reading[edit]
Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR (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. California Acad. Sci. 57 (23): 595-709.
Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXi. (Genus Pachydactylus, p. 200).
Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp.
ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Pachydactylus, pp. 249–250).
Wiegmann AFA (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt. Pars prima, saurorum species amplectens. Adiecto systematis saurorum prodromo, additisque multis in hunc amphibiorum ordinem observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I-X. (Pachydactylus, new genus, p. 19). (in Latin).
External links[edit]
Pachydactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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