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Cape Cross thick-toed gecko

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Species of gecko

Cape Cross thick-toed gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Pachydactylus
Species: P. kochii
Binomial name
Pachydactylus kochii
(V. FitzSimons, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Pachydactylus kochii
    V. FitzSimons, 1959
  • Colopus kochi
    — Bauer & Lamb, 2005

The Cape Cross thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus kochii), also known commonly as Koch's gecko and Koch's thick-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, kochii, is in honor of Austrian-born South African entomologist Charles Koch.

Geographic range

P. kochii is found in Namibia and in South Africa (southern Namaqualand).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. kochii are desert and savanna, at altitudes of 10–800 m (33–2,625 ft).

Description

Adults of P. kochii have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in). The body is slender. Dorsally, the ground color is grayish with a lavender tinge, and there are five reddish-brown crossbands. Ventrally it is white.

Behavior

P. kochii is terrestrial. It shelters in burrows dug by other animals.

Reproduction

P. kochii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Bauer AM, Becker F (2020). "Pachydactylus kochii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196910A110201704.en. Accessed on 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Pachydactylus kochii " The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Colopus kochii, p. 144).
  4. 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 kochii, p. 254 + Plate 80).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM, Lamb T (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". African Journal of Herpetology 54 (2): 105–129. (Colopus kochii, new combination, p. 105).
  • FitzSimons V (1959). "Some new reptiles from southern Africa and southern Angola". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 405–409. (Pachydactylus kochii, new species, p. 405).
  • Rösler H (1995). Geckos der Welt – Alle Gattungen . Leipzig: Urania. 256 pp. (Pachydactylus kochii, p. 136). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Colopus kochii


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