.::::: Lizards of the World - Gekkota - Chondrodactylus :::::.
Last update: 18 April, 2004

This monotypic genus is distributed in southern Africa with two subspecies.

Chondrodactylus angulifer Peters, 1870
  • angulifer Peters, 1870

  • namibensis Haacke, 1976

  • Distribution: Botswana (angulifer), Namibia (angulifer and namibensis) and South Africa (angulifer).

    Chondrodactylus angulifer angulifer - male
    (© Jon Boone)
    Chondrodactylus angulifer angulifer - male
    (© Jon Boone)
    Literature
    Branch, B. 1988. Field guide to the snakes and other reptiles of Southern Africa. New Holland Ltd., London, 328 pp.
    Henkel, F.W. 1988. Pleje og opdræt af den sydafrikanske sandgekko (Chondrodactylus angulifer). NHF, 31(2): 52-56.
    Knoethig, M. 1999. Distribution Range, Captive Care and Breeding of Chondrodactylus angulifer Peters, 1870. Gekko, 1(1): 2-9.
    Mattison, C. & G. Davison. 2000. Gecko Spotting in Southern Africa and Malaysia. Gekko, 1(2): 6-9.
    Peters, W.C.H. 1870. Zur Kenntniss der herpetologischen Fauna von Südafrika. Mber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1870: 110-115.
    Rösler, H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 256 pp.