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Pachydactylus barnardi

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Species of lizard

Pachydactylus barnardi
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. barnardi
Binomial name
Pachydactylus barnardi
V. FitzSimons, 1941
Synonyms
  • Pachydactylus capensis barnardi
    V. FitzSimons, 1941
  • Pachydactylus barnardi
    — Lamb & Bauer, 2000
  • Pachydactylus rugosus barnardi
    — Rösler, 2000
  • Pachydactylus barnardi
    — Mashinini & Mahlangu, 2013

Pachydactylus barnardi, also known commonly as Barnard's rough gecko or Barnard's thick-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is indigenous to Southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, barnardi, is in honor of South African zoologist Keppel Harcourt Barnard.

Geographic range

P. barnardi is found in Namibia and South Africa (Cape Province and southern Little Namaqualand).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. barnardi is shrubland.

Description

On its back, P. barnardi has rows of enlarged tubercles, separated by small granular scales. Adults have a snout-to-vent length of 4.5–6.0 cm (1.8–2.4 in).

Reproduction

P. barnardi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Bates, M.F.; Bauer, A.M. (2018). "Pachydactylus barnardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T196931A115663077. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T196931A115663077.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Pachydactylus barnardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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. (Pachydactylus barnardi, p. 17).
  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 rugosus barnardi, pp. 259-260 + Plate 111).

Further reading

  • Lamb T, Bauer AM (2000). "Relationships of the Pachydactylus rugosus group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)". African Zoology 35 (1): 55–67. (Pachydactylus barnardi, new status).
  • FitzSimons VFM (1941). "Descriptions of some new Lizards from South Africa and a Frog from Southern Rhodesia". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20 (3): 273–281. (Pachydactylus capensis barnardi, new subspecies, p. 273).
  • Mashinini PL, Mahlangu LM (2013). "An annotated catalogue of the types of gekkonid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa". Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 165–181.


Taxon identifiers
Pachydactylus barnardi


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