Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Chondrodactylus
Species: Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi

Name

Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi (Loveridge, 1947)

• Holotype: TM 17202, collected by V.F.M. FitzSimons.
• Type locality: “Kamanyab, SW Africa”.

Combinations

• Pachydactylus laevigatus fitzsimonsi Loveridge, 1947 [nomen novum pro Pachydactylus laevigatus tessellatus Fitzsimons, 1938]
• Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi — Benyr, 1995 [subsequent combination]
• Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi — Bauer & Lamb, 2005 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Pachydactylus laevigatus tesselatus Fitzsimons, 1938: 172 [nomne praeoccupatum pro Pachydactylus tessellatus Werner, 1910]
  • Holotype: TM 17202, collected by V.F.M. FitzSimons.
  • Type locality: “Kamanyab, SW Africa”.

Native distribution areas

• Namibia (Kunene Region, Khorixas District), Angola.

References

Primary references

• Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bulletin of the Mus. Comp. Zool, Harvard 98: 1–469.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2023.
• Baptista, N., Bauer, A.M., Becker, F., Ceríaco, L.M.P. & Conradie, W. 2020. IUCN: Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T196908A120595549. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196908A120595549.en. Accessed on 17 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Fitzsimons' Thick-toed Gecko