Pachydactylus
| Pachydactylus | |
|---|---|
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| Bibron's gecko, Pachydactylus bibronii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Pachydactylus Wiegmann, 1834[1] |
Pachydactylus is a genus of arboreal insectivorous geckos, endemic to Africa, and commonly known as thick-toed geckos.
Description
The genus is characterised by dilated toe tips, usually with undivided scansors. Body scales are small, granular and non-overlapping, with scattered, large keeled tubercles.
Behavior
Most, if not all, are nocturnal.
Habitat
They live in a diverse range of habitats.
Diet
They feed mainly on arthropods.
Geographic range
The geographic range of this genus is centred on Southern Africa, some reaching East Africa, the northernmost limit of their distribution.
Species
- Transvaal thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus affinis
- Pachydactylus amoenus
- Pachydactylus atorquatus
- Austen's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus austeni
- Barnard's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus barnardi [2]
- Bibron's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus bibronii
- Velvety thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus bicolor
- Pachydactylus boehmei
- Cape thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus capensis
- Angolan banded thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus caraculicus
- Banded thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus fasciatus
- FitzSimon's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi
- Smith's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus formosus
- Brandberg thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus gaiasensis
- Ocellated thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus geitje
- Haacke's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus haackei
- Thin-skinned thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus kladaroderma
- Pachydactylus kobosensis
- Koch's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus kochii
- Calvinia thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus labialis
- Fischer's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus laevigatus
- Spotted thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus maculatus
- Marico thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus mariquensis
- Pachydactylus monticolus
- Namaqua thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis
- Golden spotted thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus oculatus
- Kaokoveld thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus oreophilus
- O'Shaughnessy's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi
- Pachydactylus parascutatus
- Speckled thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus punctatus
- Namib sand gecko, Pachydactylus rangei
- Rough thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus rugosus
- San Steyn's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus sansteyni
- Shertz's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus scherzi
- Large-scaled thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus scutatus
- Western spotted thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus serval
- Tete thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus tetensis
- Tiger thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus tigrinus
- Tsodilo thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus tsodiloensis
- Pachydactylus tuberculosus
- Turner's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus turneri
- Van Son's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus vansoni
- Weber's thick-toed gecko, Pachydactylus weberi