Biology:Werner's thick-toed gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Pachydactylus |
| Species: | P. werneri
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| Pachydactylus werneri Hewitt, 1935
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Werner's thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus werneri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[2]
Geographic range
In Namibia P. werneri is found in the areas around Karibib, Maltahöhe, and Swakopmund.[1]
Description
P. werneri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.25 cm (2.07 in).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pachydactylus werneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus werneri, p. 282).
Further reading
- Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR (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, Fourth Series 57: 595–709. (Pachydactylus werneri, pp. 654–655 + Figures 54–57).
- FitzSimons VF (1943). The Lizards of South Africa. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum. xvi + 528 pp. (Pachydactylus werneri, new status, p. 85).
- Hewitt J (1935). "Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum 4: 283–357. (Pachydactylus capensis werneri, new subspecies, p. 315).
- Wermuth H (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Pachydactylus werneri, p. 124). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q3360137 entry
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