Pachydactylus acuminatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Pachydactylus acuminatus FitzSimons, 1941

Syntypes: TM 17689–91, 17693–17695, MCZ R-46817 (formerly TM 17692), collected by V. FitzSimons on 31 July 1937, and TM 17722 collected by V. FitzSimons in August 1937.
Type locality: “Aus”, “8 miles west of Aus, Great Namaqualand, South West Africa” and “Konkiep”.

Pachydactylus weberi acuminatus FitzSimons, 1941: 274 [original combination, as subspecies]
Pachydactylus acuminatus — FitzSimons, 1943: 90 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(1): 273–291. Reference page.
FitzSimons, V. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoirs 1: 1–528. Reference page.

Bauer, A.M., Lamb, T. & Branch, W.R. 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, 4th series 57 (23): 595–709. BHL Reference page.

Bauer, A.M. & Becker, F. 2020. IUCN: Pachydactylus acuminatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T110213605A110213716. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110213605A110213716.en. Accessed on 21 January 2026.