Chondrodactylus

Chondrodactylus is genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is commonly known as thick-toed geckos. Little is known of their biology.

Chondrodactylus
Common giant ground gecko (Chondrodactylus angulifer)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Uroplatinae
Genus: Chondrodactylus
W. Peters, 1870[1]
Species

6, see text.

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chondrodactylus.

References

  1. Peters W (1870). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der herpetologischen Fauna von Südafrika". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870: 110-115. (Chondrodactylus, new genus, p. 110). (in German and Latin).
  2. "Chondrodactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Chondrodactylus bibronii".


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