Biology:Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko

Short description: Species of lizard

Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Chondrodactylus
Species:	C. pulitzerae
Binomial name
Chondrodactylus pulitzerae (Schmidt, 1933)
Synonyms
Pachydactylus bibronii pulitzerae Schmidt, 1933 Pachydactylus laevigatus pulitzerae — Benyr, 1995 Pachydactylus turneri pulitzerae — Branch, 1998 Chondrodactylus pulitzerae — Ceríaco et al., 2014

Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus pulitzerae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, pulitzerae, is feminine, genitive, singular. Schmidt did not specify whom he meant to honor. It may commemorate Margaret Pulitzer, second wife of Ralph Pulitzer, both of whom were members of the Pulitzer Angola Expedition, or it may commemorate their infant daughter who had died of polio.

Geographic range

C. pulitzerae is found from northern Namibia through southern Angola.

Further reading

• Schmidt KP (1933). "The Reptiles of the Pulitzer Angola Expedition". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 22 (1): 1–15. (Pachydactylus bibronii pulitzerae, new subspecies, p. 6).

Wikidata ☰ Q19819286 entry