Werner's thick-toed gecko
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[2]
  • 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.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[3]

Geographic range

In Namibia P. werneri is found in the areas around Karibib, Maltahöhe, and Swakopmund.[2]

Description

P. werneri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.25 cm (2.07 in).[2]

Reproduction

P. werneri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bauer, A.M. [in French]; 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. 1 2 3 4 5 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).



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