Pachydactylus austeni
| Pachydactylus austeni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Pachydactylus |
| Species: | P. austeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachydactylus austeni Hewitt, 1923[1] | |
Pachydactylus austeni, commonly known as Austen's thick-toed gecko, is a species of small thick-toed gecko that is indigenous to the western coast of South Africa.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, austeni, is in honour of English topographer Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen.[3]
Habitat and behaviour
The natural habitat of P. austeni is coastal dunes, where it lives in a tiny burrow that it digs in the sand and forages at night for small insects among the dune vegetation.[2]
Description
P. austeni has a smooth, colourful body with large eyes and conspicuous yellow or white eyelids. [2]
References
- ↑ "Pachydactylus austeni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 3 http://www.capenature.co.za/projects.htm?sm%5Bp1%5D%5Bcategory%5D=391&sm%5Bp1%5D%5Bpersistent%5D=1&
- ↑ 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 austeni, p. 13).
Further reading
- 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. (Pachydactylus austeni, pp. 250-251 + Plate 82).
- Hewitt J. 1923. "Descriptions of Two New S. African Geckos of the Genus Pachydactylus ". Annals of the Natal Museum 5: 67-71. (Pachydactylus austeni, new species, pp. 67-69 + Plate IV, figures 1 & 2).
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