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Werner's thick-toed gecko

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Species of lizard

Werner's 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. werneri
Binomial name
Pachydactylus werneri
Hewitt, 1935
Synonyms
  • Pachydactylus capensis werneri
    Hewitt, 1935
  • Pachydactylus werneri
    — V. FitzSimons, 1943
  • Pachydactylus weberi werneri
    — Loveridge, 1947
  • Pachydactylus werneri
    — Wermuth, 1965

Werner's thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus werneri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.

Etymology

The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.

Geographic range

In Namibia P. werneri is found in the areas around Karibib, Maltahöhe, and Swakopmund.

Description

P. werneri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.25 cm (2.07 in).

Reproduction

P. werneri is oviparous.

References

  1. Bauer, A.M. ; Becker, F. (2020). "Pachydactylus werneri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110215287A110215313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110215287A110215313.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Pachydactylus werneri 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 werneri, p. 282).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR (2006). "A revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the description of eight new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 57: 595–709. (Pachydactylus werneri, pp. 654–655 + Figures 54–57).
  • FitzSimons VF (1943). The Lizards of South Africa. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum. xvi + 528 pp. (Pachydactylus werneri, new status, p. 85).
  • Hewitt J (1935). "Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum 4: 283–357. (Pachydactylus capensis werneri, new subspecies, p. 315).
  • Wermuth H (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Pachydactylus werneri, p. 124). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Pachydactylus werneri


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