Pachydactylus vansoni

Pachydactylus vansoni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Pachydactylus
Species:	P. vansoni
Binomial name
Pachydactylus vansoni V. FitzSimons,1933
Synonyms
Pachydactylus capensis vansoni V. Fitzsimons 1933[2][1] Pachtdactylus vansoni — Bauer & Good, 1996[2]

Pachydactylus vansoni, commonly known as Van Son's thick-toed gecko, is a species of gecko, which is endemic to Southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, vansoni, is in honor of Russian-born Dutch entomologist Georges Van Son (1898-1967), who worked at the Transvaal Museum (1925-1967).^[3]

Geographic range

P. vansoni is distributed in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The geographic range of this species is estimated to be larger than 100,000 km² (38,610 sq mi).^[1]

References

1. Bauer AM, Maritz B. (2010). "Pachydactylus vansoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
2. "Pachydactylus vansoni Fitzsimons, 1933. The Reptile Database". Retrieved 15 November 2014.
3. 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 vansoni, pp. 272-273).

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 vansoni, pp. 262-263 + Plate 83).

• FitzSimons VFM. 1933. "Descriptions of Five New Lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15 (2): 273-280. (Pachydactylus capensis vansoni, new subspecies).

External links

• Photographs at Biodiversityexplorer.org