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Wahlberg's Kalahari gecko
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Pachydactylus
Species:	P. wahlbergii
Binomial name
Pachydactylus wahlbergii W. Peters, 1869
Synonyms
Colopus wahlbergii W. Peters, 1869 Colopus kalaharicus V. FitzSimons, 1932 Colopus marshalli V. FitzSimons, 1959 Pachydactylus wahlbergii — Heinicke et al., 2017

Wahlberg's Kalahari gecko (Pachydactylus wahlbergii), also known commonly as the Kalahari ground gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, wahlbergii, is in honor of Swedish naturalist Johan August Wahlberg.

Geographic range

P. wahlbergii is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.

Description

P. wahlbergii is small, elongate, and pretty. Snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults is 4.5–5 cm (1.8–2.0 in).

Reproduction

P. wahlbergii is oviparous. The adult female lays a clutch of two eggs.

Subspecies

The genus contains two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, which are recognized as being valid:

• Pachydactylus wahlbergii furcifer Haacke, 1976
• Pachydactylus wahlbergii wahlbergii W. Peters, 1869

References

1. ^ Pachydactylus wahlbergii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
2. 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 wahlbergii, p. 278).
3. ^ 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. (Colopus wahlbergii, pp. 238–239 + Plate 80).

Further reading

• 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-XXXII. (Colopus wahlbergii, p. 208).
• Haacke WD (1976). "The burrowing geckos of southern Africa, 3 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Annotated taxonomic account (cont.) D. Genus Colopus Peters". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30: 29–39. (Colopus wahlbergii furcifer, new subspecies).
• Peters W (1869). "Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zur Berlin 1869: 57-66 + one plate. (Colopus wahlbergii, new species, p. 57 + figures 1, 1a-1f). (in German and Latin).

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