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Pachydactylus (Typical Thick-toed Geckos)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)

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Pachydactylus in general

Bauer, A.M. 1999. Evolutionary scenarios in the Pachydactylus Group geckos of southern Africa: new hypotheses. African Journal of Herpetology 48(1-2): 53-62.

Bauer, A.M.; Branch, W.R. 1995. Geographic variation in western populations of the Pachydactylus punctatus complex (Reptilia Gekkonidae). Tropical Zoology 8(1): 69-84.

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.

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 57(12-24): 595-709.

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P.; Edgar, B.D. 1989. Utilization of the termite Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen) by gekkonid lizards near Keetmanshoop, South West Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 24(4): 239-243.

Benyr, G. 1995. Systematik und Taxonomie der Geckos des Pachydactylus bibronii-laevigatus Komplexes (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Unpublished thesis, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien.

Branch, W.R.; Bauer, A.M.; Good, D.A. 1996. A review of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with description of two new species. South African Journal of Zoology 31(2): 53-69.

Broadley, D.G. 1977. A review of the northeastern forms of the Pachydactylus capensis complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 8(18): 1-20.

Haacke, W.D. 1976. The burrowing geckos of southern Africa, 3. (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30(3): 29-40.

Haacke, W.D. 1997. Family Gekkonidae genus Pachydactylus and other western arid area representatives. pp. 40-43. In: Wyk, J.H. van (ed.). Proceedings of the FitzSimons Commemorative Symposium (South African lizards: 50 years of progress) and Third H.A.A. Symposium on African herpetology: held at the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, 11-15 October 1993. Herpetological Association of Africa, Matieland. 227 pp.

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.

Heinz, H.M. 2011. Comparative phylogeography of two widespread geckos from the typically narrow-ranging Pachydactylus group in southern Africa. Unpublished M.S. thesis, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA. 107 pp.

Higham, T.E.; Birn-Jeffery, A.V.; Collins, C.E.; Darrin, H.C.; Russell, A.P. 2015. Adaptive simplification and the evolution of gecko locomotion: morphological and biomechanical consequences of losing adhesion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(3): 809-814.

Johnson, M.K.; Russell, A.P.; Bauer, A.M. 2005. Locomotor morphometry of the Pachydactylus radiation of lizards (Gekkota: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetically and ecologically informed analysis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(12): 1511-1524.

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.

Lamb, T.; Bauer, A.M. 2006. Footprints in the sand: independent reduction of subdigital lamellae in the Namib-Kalahari burrowing geckos. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 273(1588): 855-864.

Leptien, R. 2015. Zwischen Brandberg und den Dünen Swakopmunds – auf der Suche nach dem Palmatogecko. Draco 16(64): pp. ?

McLachlan, G.R.; Spence, J.M. 1966. The genus Pachydactylus. 1. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 5: 149-156.

Pachydactylus acuminatus

FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(3): 273-281.

Pachydactylus amoenus

Bauer, A.M.; Heinicke, M.P.; Jackman, T.R.; Branch, W.R. 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.

Werner, F. 1910. Reptilia et Amphibia. pp. 279-370. In: Schultze, L. (ed.). Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika, 1903-1905. Vol. 4. Lieferung 2. Vertebrata. (B). - Denkschr. Med.-Naturw. Ges. (Jena) 16.

Pachydactylus angolensis

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 53(3): 23-36.

Branch, W.R.; Haacke, W.; Vaz Pinto, P.; Conradie, W.; Baptista, N.; Verburgt, L.; Verissimo, 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.

Loveridge, A. 1944. New geckos of the genera Afroedura new genus and Pachydactylus from Angola. American Museum Novitates 1254: 1-4.

Pachydactylus atorquatus

Barts, M.; Boone, J.; Colacicco, F. 2015. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. Teil XIX: Pachydactylus atorquatus BAUER, BARTS & HULBERT, 2006, der Augrabies-Gecko. Sauria (Berlin) 37(4): 3-9.

Bauer, A.M.; Barts, M.; Hulbert, F. 2006. A new species of the Pachydactylus weberi group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Orange River, with comments on its natural history. Salamandra 42(2-3): 83-92.

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 57(12-24): 595-709.

Smíd, J.; Engelbrecht, H.; Taft, J.M.; Telford, N.S.; Makhubo, B.G.; Bauer, A.M.; Tolley, K.A. 2018. A contribution to the phylogeny and taxonomy of the Pachydactylus weberi group (Squamata: Gekkonidae): a case of intraspecific colour polymorphism confounding taxonomy. African Journal of Herpetology 67(2): 113-126.

Pachydactylus austeni

Girard, F. 2002. Notes on the size of the terrestrial South African Gecko, Pachydactylus austeni Hewitt, 1923. Gekko 2(2): 29-33.

Hewitt, J. 1923. Descriptions of two new South African geckos of the genus Pachydactylus. Annals of the Natal Museum 5: 67-71.

Villiers, A.L. de 1983. The versatile tongue of Austen's gecko. African Wild Life 37(3): 106-108.

Pachydactylus barnardi

Barts, M.; Ping, T. 2013. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas - Teil XV: Pachydactylus barnardi FitzSimons, 1941. Sauria (Berlin) 35(2): 51-58.

Bauer, A.M.; Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Heinicke, M.P.; Blackburn, D.C. 2015. Geographic distribution. Pachydactylus barnardi FitzSimons, 1941. Barnard's Rough Gecko. African Herp News 62: 35-37.

Broadley, D.G. 1977. A review of the northeastern forms of the Pachydactylus capensis complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 8(18): 1-20.

FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(3): 273-281.

Lamb, T.; Bauer, A.M. 2000. Relationships of the Pachydactylus rugosus group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Zoology 35(1): 55-67.

McLachlan, G.R. 1979. The taxonomy of Pachydactylus rugosus. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 21: 4-7.

Pachydactylus bicolor

Barts, M.; Kowalski, T. 2006. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. V. Pachydactylus bicolor Hewitt, 1926. Sauria (Berlin) 28(1): 5-10.

Girard, F. 2005. Captive maintenance and reproduction of Pachydactylus tigrinus van Dam, 1921 and Pachydactulus bicolor Hewitt, 1926. Gekko 4(1): 35-38.

Pachydactylus boehmei

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.

Pachydactylus capensis

Barts, M.; Boone, J.; Müller, F. 2013. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. Teil XIV: Der Kap-Dickfingergecko Pachydactylus capensis (Smith, 1846). Sauria (Berlin) 35(1): 31-44.

Bates, M.F. 1988. Pachydactylus capensis capensis Cape thick-toed gecko aggressive behaviour. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 34: 49.

Bates, M.F. 1989. Tail-break frequency, tail size and the extent of caudal autotomy in the Cape thick-toed gekko, Pachydactylus capensis capensis (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum (Bloemfontein) 6(8): 223-242.

Bates, M.F. 1991. Reproductive data on the Cape thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus capensis capensis (A. Smith, 1845). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 6-7.

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.

Broadley, D.G. 1977. A review of the northeastern forms of the Pachydactylus capensis complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 8(18): 1-20.

Cunningham, P.L. 2002. Lamprophis fuliginosus. Brown House-snake. Foraging. African Herp News 34: 28-29.

FitzSimons, V.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A short account of the reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe 1: 99-104.

Goldberg, S.R. 2006. Notes on the reproductive biology of the cape thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus capensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 41(6): 105-106.

Peters, W. 1974. Der Kapgecko. Aquarien Magazin 8(8): 330.

Rösler, H. 1991. Zur Fortpflanzung des Kap-Geckos, Pachydactylus capensis (Smith, 1845), im Terrarium. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 13(73): 20-28.

Stebbins, R.C. 1961. Body Temperature Studies in South African Lizards. Koedoe (Pretoria) 4: 54-67.

Tasman, K. 1958. Some Rhodesian geckos. Proceedings Rhod. sci. Ass. 46: 135-146.

Pachydactylus caraculicus

Bauer, A.M.; Lamb, T.; Branch, W.R. 1999. Additional records of uncommon Pachydactylus. African Herp News 30: 2-4.

Ulber, T. 1992. Das Portrait der Kurzbericht zum Titelbild: Pachydactylus caraculicus Fitzsimons. Sauria (Berlin) 14(3): 1-2.

Pachydactylus carinatus

Pachydactylus etultra

Branch, W.R.; Bauer, A.M.; Jackman, T.R.; Heinicke, M. 2011. A new species of the Pachydactylus weberi complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Namibrand Reserve, southern Namibia. Breviora 524: 1-15.

Pachydactylus fasciatus

Barts, M. 2002. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. II. Die Haltung und Vermehrung des Gebänderten Dickfingergeckos, Pachydactylus fasciatus Boulenger, 1888. Sauria (Berlin) 24(1): 3-8.

Bauer, A.M.; Branch, W.R. 1991. Notes on Pachydactylus fasciatus, a poorly known gecko from northern Namibia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 1-5.

Bauer, A.M.; Lamb, T. 2003. Pachydactylus fasciatus Boulenger 1888. African Herp News 36: 20-21.

Bauer, A.M.; Lamb, T.; Branch, W.R. 1999. Additional records of uncommon Pachydactylus. African Herp News 30: 2-4.

Huber, R.; Barts, M.; Schneider, C. 2011. Geographical distribution: Pachydactylus fasciatus Boulenger, 1888. Banded Thick-toed Gecko. Namibia. African Herp News 55: 22-24.

Schneider, C. 2010. Natural history notes: Pachydactylus fasciatus Boulenger, 1888. Banded Thick-toed Gecko. Reproduction. African Herp News 51: 17-18.

Pachydactylus formosus

Barts, M. 2012. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. Teil XIII: Karoo Dickfingergecko Pachydactylus formosus Smith, 1849. Sauria (Berlin) 34(1): 37-42.

Lamb, T.; Bauer, A.M. 2000. Relationships of the Pachydactylus rugosus group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Zoology 35(1): 55-67.

McLachlan, G.R. 1979. The taxonomy of Pachydactylus rugosus. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 21: 4-7.

Pachydactylus gaiasensis

Barts, M. 2016. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas Teil XX: Der Brandberg-Gecko Pachydactylus gaiasensis Steyn & Mitchell, 1967. Sauria (Berlin) 38(4): 41-46.

Steyn, W.J.; Mitchell, A.J.L. 1967. Two new gekkos Pachydactylus serval sansteyni ssp. nov. Pachydactylus oreophilus gaiasensis ssp. nov. from South West Africa. Cimbebasia 21: 9-21.

Pachydactylus geitje

Bustard, R. 1963. Notes on the eyed gecko (Pachydactylus geitje) with special reference to incubation. Copeia 1963: 433-434.

Girard, F. 2002. Maintenance and captive reproduction of two small, South African geckos Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778) and Pachydactylus weberi Roux, 1907. Gekko 3(1): 14-18.

Girard, F. 2008. Pachydactylus spp. Sperm retention. African Herp News 45: 9-10.

Pachydactylus griffini

Barts, M.; Colacicco, F. 2017. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas – Teil XXI Pachydactylus mclachlani Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006, mit Anmerkungen zu Pachydactylus griffini Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006. Sauria (Berlin) 39(1): 41-46.

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 57(12-24): 595-709.

Pachydactylus haackei

Barts, M. 2002. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. III. Pachydactylus haackei Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996. Sauria (Berlin) 24(3): 13-18.

Barts, M.; Haacke, W.D. 2001. Pachydactylus haackei. Haacke's Thick-toed Gecko. Reproduction. African Herp News 32: 9-10.

Barts, M.; Hulbert, F.; Boone, J. 2005. A new locality record for Pachydactylus haackei Branch, Bauer and Good, 1996 at Augrabies National Park, Republic of South Africa. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(3): 237-239.

Branch, W.R.; Bauer, A.M.; Good, D.A. 1996. A review of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with description of two new species. South African Journal of Zoology 31(2): 53-69.

Pachydactylus katanganus

Broadley, D.G. 1977. A review of the northeastern forms of the Pachydactylus capensis complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 8(18): 1-20.

Broadley, D.G. 2003. Pachydactylus katanganus de Witte 1953, a species endemic to the Upemba National Park (Sauria: Gekkonidae). African Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 69-70.

Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpétologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256.

Verburght, L.; Tonder, H. van; Bauer, A.M.; Broadley, D.G. 2012. Geographical distribution: Pachydactylus katanganus de Witte, 1953. Katanga Thick-toed Gecko. Malawi. African Herp News 57: 23-26.

Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Branch, W.R.; Bauer, A.M.; Good, D.A. 1996. A review of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with description of two new species. South African Journal of Zoology 31(2): 53-69.

Pachydactylus kobosensis

FitzSimons, V. 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August, 1937. Reptiles and amphibians. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(2): 153-209.

Pachydactylus kochii

Barts, M.; Hulbert, F. 2004. Pachydactylus kochii Fitzsimons, 1959 Kochs Dickfingergecko. Reptilia (D) 9(45): 51-54.

Pachydactylus labialis

FitzSimons, V. 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August, 1937. Reptiles and amphibians. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(2): 153-209.

Pachydactylus latirostris

Bates, M.F. 1993. Pachydactylus mariquensis latirostris. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 41.

Bauer, A.M. 1990. Pachydactylus mariquensis latirostris. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 57.

Bauer, A.M.; Heinicke, M.P.; Jackman, T.R.; Branch, W.R. 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.

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P.; Edgar, B.D. 1989. Utilization of the termite Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen) by gekkonid lizards near Keetmanshoop, South West Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 24(4): 239-243.

Hewitt, J. 1923. Descriptions of two new South African geckos of the genus Pachydactylus. Annals of the Natal Museum 5: 67-71.

Pachydactylus macrolepis

Bauer, A.M.; Heinicke, M.P.; Jackman, T.R.; Branch, W.R. 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.

FitzSimons, V. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(1): 5-16.

Pachydactylus maculatus

Brock, G.T. 1932. Some developmental stages in the skull of the geckos, Lygodactylus capensis and Pachydactylus maculosa, and their bearing on certain important problems in lacertilian craniology. South African Journal of Science 29: 508-532.

Haagner, G.V.; Branch, W.R.; Hall, R.J. 1993. Pachydactylus maculatus spotted gecko. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 35.

Haupl, M. 1980. Das Schädelskelett einiger Arten der Fam. Gekkonidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 83: 479-518.

Venter, J.A.; Conradie, W. 2015. A checklist of the reptiles and amphibians found in protected areas along the South African Wild Coast, with notes on conservation implications. Koedoe 57(1) (Art. 1247): 1-25.

Pachydactylus maraisi

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.

Pachydactylus mariquensis

Barts, M.; Mueller, F. 2009. Über einen Fall von Doppelköpfigkeit (Bicephalie) bei Pachydactylus mariquensis latirostris Hewitt, 1923. Sauria (Berlin) 31(1): 53-54.

Bates, M.F. 1988. Pachydactylus mariquensis mariquensis Marico gecko avian predation. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 34: 49.

Bauer, A.M. 1991. Pachydactylus mariquensis mariquensis. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 19-20.

Bauer, A.M.; Heinicke, M.P.; Jackman, T.R.; Branch, W.R. 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.

Coetzer, A. 2011. Geographical distribution: Pachydactylus mariquensis Wermuth, 1965. Marico Thick-toed Gecko. South Africa: Western Cape Province. African Herp News 53: 53-54.

Girard, F. 2001. Maintenance and captive reproduction of the South African terrestrial gecko Pachydactylus mariquensis A. Smith, 1849. Gekko 2(1): 7-11.

McLachlan, G.R. 1979. Vocalization in Pachydactylus mariquensis. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 21: 20.

Mouton, P. le F.N.; Mostert, D.P. 1984. New locality for Pachydactylus mariquensis mariquensis A. Smith. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 30(1): 14.

Smith, A. 1984. New locality for Pachydactylus mariquensis mariquensis. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 30: 14.

Pachydactylus mclachlani

Pachydactylus monicae

Barts, M. 2011. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. Teil XII: Monicas Dickfingergecko Pachydactylus monicae Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006. Sauria (Berlin) 33(2): 9-14.

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 57(12-24): 595-709.

Pachydactylus montanus

Barts, M. 2009. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. IX. Pachydactylus montanus Methuen & Hewitt, 1914. Sauria (Berlin) 31(4): 3-8.

Pachydactylus namaquensis

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P.; Shadwick, R.E. 1993. Skin mechanics and morphology of two species of Pachydactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). South African Journal of Zoology 28(4): 192-197.

Boycott, R.C. 1990. Pachydactylus namaquensis. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 57.

Branch, W.R.; Bauer, A.M.; Good, D.A. 1996. A review of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with description of two new species. South African Journal of Zoology 31(2): 53-69.

Pachydactylus oculatus

Girard, F. 1994. The care and breeding of a small South African gecko, Pachydactylus oculatus. Herptile 19(4): 165-168.

Hewitt, J. 1927. Further descriptions of reptiles and batrachians from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(5): 371-415.

Hewitt, J. 1932. Some new Species and Subspecies of South African Batrachians and Lizards. Annals of the Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg) 7(1): 105-128.

Pachydactylus oreophilus

McLachlan, G.R.; Spence, J.M. 1967. A new species of Pachydactylus from Sesfontein, South West Africa. Cimbebasia 21: 3-8.

McLachlan, G.R.; Spence, J.M. 1968. A new species of Pachydactylus (Pachydactylus oreophilus sp. nov.) from Sesfontein, South West Africa. Cimbebasia 21: 3-8.

Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi

Broadley, D.G. 1977. A review of the northeastern forms of the Pachydactylus capensis complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 8(18): 1-20.

FitzSimons, V. 1933. Descriptions of five new lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(2): 273-280.

Pachydactylus otaviensis

Pachydactylus parascutatus

Pachydactylus punctatus

Barts, M.; Haacke, W.D. 2001. Pachydactylus punctatus. Speckled Thick-toed Gecko. Reproduction. African Herp News 32: 10-11.

Bauer, A.M. 1992. Pachydactylus punctatus punctatus Peters 1854. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 37-38.

Bauer, A.M.; Branch, W.R. 1995. Geographic variation in western populations of the Pachydactylus punctatus complex (Reptilia Gekkonidae). Tropical Zoology 8(1): 69-84.

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P.; Edgar, B.D. 1989. Utilization of the termite Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen) by gekkonid lizards near Keetmanshoop, South West Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 24(4): 239-243.

FitzSimons, V. 1932. Preliminary descriptions of new forms of South African Reptilia and Amphibia, from the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, 1930. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 35-40.

Girard, F. 2006. Observing Pachydactylus punctatus W. Peters, 1854, a small ground-dwelling gecko from southern Africa, in its natural habitat and in captivity. Gekko 5(1): 13-17.

Tasman, K. 1958. Some Rhodesian geckos. Proceedings Rhod. sci. Ass. 46: 135-146.

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Pachydactylus purcelli

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Pachydactylus rangei

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Pachydactylus reconditus

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Pachydactylus robertsi

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FitzSimons, V. 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August, 1937. Reptiles and amphibians. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(2): 153-209.

Pachydactylus rugosus

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Pachydactylus sansteynae

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Pachydactylus scherzi

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Pachydactylus scutatus

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Pachydactylus serval

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Pachydactylus tigrinus

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Pachydactylus tsodiloensis

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Pachydactylus vansoni

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Pachydactylus vanzyli

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Pachydactylus visseri

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Pachydactylus wahlbergii

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Pachydactylus waterbergensis

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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.

Pachydactylus weberi

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Girard, F. 2002. Maintenance and captive reproduction of two small, South African geckos Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778) and Pachydactylus weberi Roux, 1907. Gekko 3(1): 14-18.

Hewitt, J. 1932. Some new Species and Subspecies of South African Batrachians and Lizards. Annals of the Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg) 7(1): 105-128.

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