Pachydactylus namaquensis

Pachydactylus namaquensis

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: Pachydactylus
Species: Pachydactylus namaquensis

Name

Pachydactylus namaquensis (Sclater, 1898)

• Holotype: SAM 935, ♀, obtained by W.C. Scully.
• Type locality: “Namaqualand”, South Africa.

Combinations

• Elasmodactylus namaquensis Sclater, 1898: 109 [original combination]
• Pachydactylus namaquensis — Methuen & Hewitt, 1914: 128 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Sclater, W.L. 1898. List of the reptiles and batrachians of South Africa, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the South African Museum 1(1): 95–111. BHL Reference page. 
• Methuen, P.A. & Hewitt, J. 1914. Records and descriptions of the reptiles and batrachians of the collection. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(3): 117–145. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M. & Good, D.A. 1996. A review of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with the description of two new species. South African Journal of Zoology 31(2): 53–69. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1996.11448395 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pachydactylus namaquensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 October 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Namaqua Thick-Toed Gecko