Pachydactylus vansoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Pachydactylus vansoni FitzSimons, 1933

Holotype: TM 14179, adult ♂, collected by V. FitzSimons in November 1931.
Type locality: “Zoutpansberg mountains bewteen Entabeni and Lake Fundusi”, South Africa.

Pachydactylus capensis vansoni FitzSimons, 1933: 274 [original combination, as subspecies]
Pachydactylus vansoni — Jacobsen, 1989 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

FitzSimons, V. 1933. Descriptions of five new lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(2): 273–280. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_611 Reference page.

Bates, M.F. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. IUCN: Pachydactylus vansoni (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T174124A115657940. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T174124A115657940.en. Accessed on 29 October 2025.