Pachydactylus wahlbergii

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Pachydactylus
Species: Pachydactylus wahlbergii
Subspecies (2): P. w. furcifer – P. w. wahlbergii

Name

Pachydactylus wahlbergii (Peters, 1869)

• Holotype: NRM 385.
• Type locality: “Damaralande [=Namibia]”.

Combinations

• Colopus wahlbergii Peters, 1869: 57 [original combination]
• Pachydactylus wahlbergii— Heinicke, Jackman & Bauer, 2017 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Colopus kalaharicus Fitzsimons, 1932
• Pachydactylus marshalli Fitzsimons, 1959

Native distribution areas

• Republic of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana.

References

Primary references

• Peters 1869. Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen. Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin 1869: 57–66.
• Heinicke, M.P., Jackman, T.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2017. The measure of success: geographic isolation promotes diversification in Pachydactylus geckos. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 9. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0846-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Pachydactylus wahlbergii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 August 2020.
• Bates, M.F., Branch, W.R., Conradie, W., Bauer, A.M., Becker, F. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2020. IUCN: Pachydactylus wahlbergii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T196911A110201737. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196911A110201737.en. Accessed on 27 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Kalahari Grounded Gecko