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One
of the large genuses endemic to Africa is the genus Pachydactylus,
a lot of interesting species are found here.
| Pachydactylus
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| Pachydactylus
affinis Boulenger,
1896
Distribution:
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| Pachydactylus
amoenus Werner, 1910
Distribution:
South Africa |
| Pachydactylus
angolensis
Loveridge, 1944
Distribution:
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| Pachydactylus
austeni Hewitt, 1923
Distribution:
South Africa. |
| Pachydactylus
barnardi FitzSimons, 1941
Distribution:
Namibia and
South Africa. |
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Pachydactylus
bibroni
(© Jon Boone) |
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| Pachydactylus
bibroni (Smith, 1846)
Distribution:
Angola, Botswana,
Mozambique,
Namibia, South
Africa, Swaziland
and Tanzania. |
| Pachydactylus
bicolor Hewitt, 1926
Distribution:
Namibia. |
Pachydactylus
capensis (Smith, 1845)
Distribution:
Botswana, Mozambique,
South Africa,
Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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| Pachydactylus
caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959
Distribution:
Angola and Namibia. |
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| Pachydactylus
fasciatus (© Jon Boone) |
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| Pachydactylus
fasciatus Boulenger, 1888
Distribution:
Namibia. |
| Pachydactylus
fitzsimonsi
Loveridge, 1947
Distribution:
Namibia.
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| Pachydactylus
formosus Smith, 1849
Distribution:
South Africa. |
| Pachydactylus
gaiasensis Steyn & Mitchell, 1967
Distribution:
Namibia. |
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| Pachydactylus
geitje (© Jon Boone) |
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| Pachydactylus
geitje (Sparrmann, 1778)
Distribution:
South Africa. |
| Pachydactylus
haackei Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996
Distribution:
Namibia and
South Africa. |
| Pachydactylus
katanganus
De Witte, 1953
Distribution:
Zimbabwe.
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| Pachydactylus
kladaroderma Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996
Distribution:
South Africa. |
| Pachydactylus
kobosensis FitzSimons, 1938
Distribution:
Namibia. |
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Pachydactylus
kochii - female
(© Jon Boone) |
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| Pachydactylus
kochii FitzSimons, 1959
Distribution:
Namibia. |
| Pachydactylus
labialis FitzSimons, 1938
Distribution:
South Africa. |
| Pachydactylus
maculatus Gray, 1845
Distribution:
South Africa
and Swaziland. |
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Pachydactylus
mariquensis mariquensis - Graff Rinnet Locality
(© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
mariquensis Smith, 1849
mariquensis
Smith, 1849
latirostris
Hewitt, 1923
Distribution:
Namibia and
South Africa.
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| Pachydactylus
monticolus FitzSimons, 1943
Distribution:
South Africa. |
| Pachydactylus
namaquensis (Schlater, 1898)
Distribution:
Namibia and
South Africa. |
| Pachydactylus
oculatus Hewitt, 1927
Distribution:
South Africa.
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| Pachydactylus
oreophilus McLachlan & Spence, 1967
Distribution:
Namibia. |
Pachydactylus
oshaughnessyi Boulenger, 1885
Distribution:
Zimbabwe.
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| Pachydactylus
parascutatus Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2002
Distribution:
Namibia. |
Pachydactylus
punctatus Peters, 1854
Distribution:
Angola, Botswana,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa
and Zambia.
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Pachydactylus
rugosus
(© Jon Boone) |
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| Pachydactylus
rugosus Smith, 1849
Distribution:
Botswana, Namibia
and South Africa |
| Pachydactylus
sansteyni Steyn & Mitchell, 1967
Distribution:
Namibia.
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| Pachydactylus
scherzi Mertens, 1954
Distribution:
Namibia. |
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Pachydactylus
scutatus
(© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
scutatus Hewitt, 1927
Distribution:
Namibia.
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Pachydactylus
serval Werner, 1910
serval
Werner, 1910
onscepensis
Hewitt, 1935
purcelli
Boulenger, 1910
Distribution:
Namibia
and South Africa.
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| Pachydactylus
tetensis Loveridge, 1952
Distribution:
Mozambique
and Tanzania. |
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| Pachydactylus
tigrinus (© Jon Boone) |
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| Pachydactylus
tigrinus Van Dam, 1921
Distribution:
Eastern Botswana,
western Mozambique,
South Africa
and Zimbabwe. |
| Pachydactylus
tsodiloensis Haacke, 1966
Distribution:
Botswana. |
| Pachydactylus
tuberculosus (Boulenger, 1895)
Distribution:
Southern Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Tanzania,
Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Pachydactylus
turneri Gray, 1864
turneri Gray, 1864
laevigatus
(Fischer, 1888)
pulitzerae
Schmidt, 1933
Distribution:
Angola, Botswana,
Namibia, South
Africa, Tanzania
(turneri). |
| Pachydactylus
vansoni FitzSimons, 1933
Distribution:
South Africa
and Swaziland. |
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| Pachydactylus
weberi (© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
waterbergensis Bauer & Lamb, 2003
Distribution:
Namibia.
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Pachydactylus
weberi Roux, 1907
weberi
Roux, 1907
acuminatus
FitzSimons, 1941
werneri
Hewitt, 1935
Distribution:
Namibia
and South Africa.
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Pachydactylus
mariquensis latirostris - Springbok locality
(© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
tsodiloensis
(© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
mariquensis mariquensis
Colesburg locality (© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
tsodiloensis - juvenile
(© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
fasciatus - juvenile
(© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
weberi - juvenile
(© Jon Boone) |
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Pachydactylus
weberi - juvenile
(© Jon Boone) |
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| Literature |
| Barts,
M. 2002. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen
Afrikas Teil II: Die Haltung und Vermehrung des
Gebänderten Dickfingergeckos, Pachydactylus
fasciatus Boulenger, 1888. Sauria, 24(1): 3-8. |
| Barts,
M. 2002. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen
Afrikas Teil III: Pachydactylus haackei Branch,
Bauer & Good, 1996. Sauria, 24(3): 13-18. |
| Barts,
M. & W.D. Haacke. 1997. Zur Reptilienfauna der
Tsodilo-Berge und angrenzender Gebiete in NW-Botswana
- Teil I: Testudines: Testudinidae; Sauria I. Sauria,
19(1): 3-12. |
| Barts,
M., J. Boone & F. Hulbert. 2001. Die Dickfingergeckos
des südlichen Afrikas Teil I: Die Haltung und
Vermehrung des Tsodilo-Geckos, Pachydactylus
tsodiloensis Haacke, 1966. Sauria, 23(3): 15-19. |
| Bauer,
A.M. & W.R. Branch. 1996. Pachydactylus bibronii.
Predation. Herpetol. Rev., 27(2): 79-80. |
| Bauer,
A.M. & T. Lamb. 2003. A new species of the Pachydactylus
weberi-group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)
from the Waterberg Plateau, Namibia. Cimbebasia,
19: 1-12. |
| Boulenger,
G.A. 1888. On new or little-known South-African
reptiles. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London), (6)2:
136-141. |
| Boulenger,
G.A. 1894(1895). Second Report on Additions to the
Lizard Collection in the Natural-History Museum.
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894(4): 722-736. |
| Branch,
B. 1988. Field guide to the snakes and other reptiles
of Southern Africa. New Holland Ltd., London, 328
pp. |
| Branch,
W.R., A.M. Bauer & D.A. Good. 1996. A review
of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis
(Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with
the description of two new species. S. Afr. J. Zool.,
31(2): 53-69. |
| Broadley,
D.G. 1977. A review of the northeastern forms of
the Pachydactylus capensis complex (Sauria:
Gekkonidae). Arnoldia, 8(18): 1-19. |
Flemming, A.F. & M.F. Bates. 1995. Male and
female reproductive cycles of Bibron's gecko Pachydactylsu
bibronii (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Free State
province of South AFrica. J. Afr. Zool., 109: 409-422. |
| Frankenberg,
E. 1978. Interspecific and Seasonal Variation of
Daily Activity Times in Gekkonid Lizards (Reptilia,
Lacertilia). J. Herpetol., 12(4): 505-519. |
| Girard,
F. 2000. Notes on Three Species of Gecko Endemic
to the Mountainous Region of Cedarberg, Western
Cape, South Africa. Gekko, 1(2): 2-5. |
| Girard,
F. 2001. Maintenance and Captive Reproduction of
the South African Terrestrial Gecko, Pachydactylus
mariquensis A. Smith, 1849. Gekko, 2(1): 7-11. |
| Grathwohl,
J. 1998. Bibrons tykfingergekko, Pachydactylus
bibronii. NHF, 41(6): 147-151. |
| Haacke,
W.D. 1965. Additional Notes on the Herpetology of
South West Africa with Descriptions of Two New Subspecies
of Geckos. Cimbebasia, 11: 1-39. |
| Kabisch,
K. 2000. Exkursionen am Südrand des Erongo-Gebirges.
DATZ, 53(4): 28-33. |
| Kugenbuch,
G. 1995. Bemerkungen zur Vermehrung von Homopholis
boivini und Pachydactylus bibronii. elaphe,
3(2): 8-9. |
Lamb, T. & A.M. Bauer. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships
of the large-bodied members of the African lizard
genus Pachydactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae).
Copeia, 2002(3): 586-596. |
| Mattison,
C. & G. Davison. 2000. Gecko Spotting in Southern
Africa and Malaysia. Gekko, 1(2): 6-9. |
| Peters,
W.C.H. 1854. Eine Übersicht der auf seiner
Reise nach Mossambique beobachteten Schildkröten.
Ber. Bekanntmach Geeignet Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss.
Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1854: 215-216. |
| Peters,
W.C.H. 1862. Eine Übersicht einiger von dem,
durch seiner afrikanischen Sprachforschungen rühmlichts
bekannten, Hrn. Missionär C.H. Hahn bei Neu-
Barmen, im Hererolande an der Westküste von
Afrika, im 21º südl. Br. gesammelten Amphibiens,
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Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1862: 15-26. |
| Peters,
W.C.H. 1867. Über eine Sammlung von Flederthieren
und Amphibien aus Tojimbingue in Südwestafrica,
welche Hr. Missionär Hahn dem zoologischen
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| Peters,
W.C.H. 1869. Anhang. Uebersicht der Säugethiere
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| Peters,
W.C.H. 1870. Zur Kenntniss der herpetologischen
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| Peters,
W.C.H. 1870. Förteckning på de af J.
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| Peters,
W.C.H. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique
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| Rösler,
H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag,
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| Shaw,
G. 1802. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History.
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| Ulber,
T. & E. Ulber. 1987. Pachydactylus bibronii
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Sauria) (Suppl.), 9(3): 81-86. |
| Watkins-Colwell,
G.J. & S.C. Christman. 2000. Captive Husbandry
and Propagation of Two Species of Tanzanian Rough-skinned
Gecko, Pachydactylus tuberculosus & Hemidactylus
tanganicus. Gekko, 1(2): 14-19. |
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Pachydactylus
kochii - male
(© Jon Boone) |
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