Pachydactylus

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 (58): P. acuminatus – P. affinis – P. amoenus – P. angolensis – P. atorquatus – P. austeni – P. barnardi – P. bicolor – P. boehmei – P. capensis – P. caraculicus – P. carinatus – P. etultra – P. fasciatus – P. formosus – P. gaiasensis – P. geitje – P. griffini – P. haackei – P. katanganus – P. kladaroderma – P. kobosensis – P. kochii – P. labialis – P. latirostris – P. macrolepis – P. maculatus – P. maraisi – P. maiatoi – P. mariquensis – P. mclachlani – P. monicae – P. montanus – P. namaquensis – P. oculatus – P. oreophilus – P. oshaughnessyi – P. otaviensis – P. parascutatus – P. punctatus – P. purcelli – P. rangei – P. reconditus – P. robertsi – P. rugosus – P. sansteynae – P. scherzi – P. scutatus – P. serval – P. tigrinus – P. tsodiloensis – P. vansoni – P. vanzyli – P. visseri – P. wahlbergii – P. waterbergensis – P. weberi – P. werneri

Name

Pachydactylus Wiegmann, 1834: 19

Type species: Pachydactylus bergii Wiegmann, 1834, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Colobopus Fitzinger, 1843: 19
- Type species: Anoplopus inunguis Wagler, 1830 (=Gecko inunguis Cuvier, 1817), by original designation.
Cantinia Gray, 1845: 167
- Type species: Pachydactylus elegans Gray, 1845, by monotypy.
Colopus Peters, 1869: 57
- Type species: Colopus wahlbergi Peters, 1869, by monotypy.
Palmatogecko Andersson, 1908: 299
- Type species: Palmatogecko rangei Andersson, 1908, by monotypy.
Syndactylosaura Werner, 1910: 316
- Type species: Syndactylosaura schultzei Werner, 1910, by monotypy.
Kaokogecko Steyn & Haacke, 1966: 6
- Type species: Kaokogecko vanzyli Steyn & Haacke, 1966, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1834. Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum novae hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede im Museum Zoologicum Berolinense Pervenerunt. Pars prima, saurorum species. Berlin, Lüderitz, iv + 54 pp. BHL
Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page.
Peters, W. 1869. Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57–66. BHL
Andersson, L. 1908. A remarkable new gecko from South— Africa and a new Stenocercus—species from South—America in the Natural History Museum in Wiesbaden. Jahrbüchern des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde in Wiesbaden 61: 299–306. BHL
Werner, F. 1910. Reptilia et Amphibia. In Schultze, L. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Band IV, Systematik und Tiergeographie Vertebrata. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 279–370. BHL
Steyn, W.J. & Haacke, W.D. 1966. A new webfooted gecko (Kaokogecko vanzyli gen. et sp. nov.) from the northwestern South West Africa. Cimbebasia 18: 1–23.

Additional references

Lamb, T. & Bauer, A.M. 2000. Relationships of the Pachydactylus rugosus group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Zoology 35(1): 55–67. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2000.11407192 Reference page.
Bauer, A.M. & Lamb, T. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships among members of the Pachydactylus capensis group of southern African geckos. African Zoology 37(2): 209–220. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2002.11657176 Reference page.
Lamb, T. & Bauer, A.M. 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of the Large-Bodied Members of the African Lizard Genus Pachydactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Copeia 2002(3): 586–596. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0586:PROTLB]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Bauer, A.M., Lamb, T. & Branch, W.R. 2002. A Revision of Pachydactylus scutatus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the Description of a New Species from Northern Namibia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 53(3): 23–36. BHL Reference page.
Bauer, A.M. & Lamb, T. 2003. A new species of the Pachydactylus weberi-group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Waterberg Plateau, Namibia. Cimbebasia 19: 1–12. Reference page.
Bauer, A.M. & Lamb, T. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Journal of Herpetology 54(2): 105–129. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2005.9635525 Reference page.
Bauer, A.M., Barts, M. & Hulbert, F. 2006. A new species of the Pachydactylus weberi group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Orange River, with remarks on its natural history. Salamandra 42(2/3): 83–92. PDF 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. 2010. A new species of Pachydactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Otavi Highlands of northern Namibia. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57(2): 257–266. PDF Reference page.
Bauer, A.M. et al. 2011. Systematics of the Pachydactylus mariquensis group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): status of P. mariquensis latirostris, P. m. macrolepis and P. amoenus. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein 27(4): 85–108. ISBN 978 1 86847 141 6 PDF
Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R. & Heinicke, M.P. 2011. A new species of the Pachydactylus weberi complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the NamibRand Reserve, southern Namibia. Breviora 524: 1–15. DOI: 10.3099/0006-9698-524.1.1 ; BHL Reference page.
Heinicke, M.P., Adderly, L.M., Bauer, A.M. & Jackman, T.R. 2011. A long-known new species of gecko allied to Pachydactylus bicolor (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the central Namibian coast. African Journal of Herpetology 60(2): 113–129. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2011.613952 Reference page.
Branch, W.R., Haacke, W., Pinto, P.V., Conradie, W., Baptista, N., Verburgt, L. & Verisimmo, L. 2017. Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 157–166. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10915 Reference page.
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.
Marques, M.P., Parrhina, D., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Brennan, I.G., Heinicke, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2023. A new species of thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus) from Serra da Neve and surrounding rocky areas of southwestern Angola. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 325–343. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e101329 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pachydactylus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 November 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Typical Thick-toed Geckos