Pachydactylus
| Thick-toed geckos | |
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| P. oshaughnessyi at Lusaka, Zambia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Pachydactylus Wiegmann, 1834[1] |
Pachydactylus is a genus of insectivorous geckos, endemic to Africa, and commonly known as thick-toed geckos.
Description
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
Most, if not all, species of Pachydactylus are nocturnal.
Habitat
Pachydactylus species live in a diverse range of habitats.
Diet
Lizards of the genus Pachydactylus feed mainly on arthropods.
Geographic range
The geographic range of the genus Pachydactylus is centred on Southern Africa, some reaching East Africa, the northernmost limit of their distribution.
Species
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 bibronii (A. Smith, 1846) = Chondrodactylus bibronii (A. Smith, 1846) – Bibron's thick-toed gecko
- 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 fitzsimonsi Loveridge, 1947 = Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi (Loveridge, 1947) – FitzSimon's 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 goodi Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006
- 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 kochii V. FitzSimons, 1959 = Colopus kochi (V. FitzSimons, 1959) – Koch's thick-toed gecko
- 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 pulitzerae K. Schmidt, 1933
- 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 tetensis Loveridge, 1953 = Elasmodactylus tetensis (Loveridge, 1953) – Tete thick-toed gecko
- Pachydactylus tigrinus Van Dam, 1921 – tiger thick-toed gecko
- Pachydactylus tsodiloensis Haacke, 1966 – Tsodilo thick-toed gecko
- Pachydactylus tuberculosus (Boulenger, 1895) = Elasmodactylus tuberculosus Boulenger, 1895
- Pachydactylus turneri (Gray, 1864) = Chondrodactylus turneri (Gray, 1864) – Turner's 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
- Pachydactylus werneri Hewitt, 1935
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
References
- ↑ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ "Pachydactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus barnardi, p. 17).
Further reading
- 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. Herpetologica 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).
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