Pachydactylus sansteynae

Pachydactylus sansteynae, also known commonly as the coastal thick-toed gecko or San Steyn's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.[1]

Pachydactylus sansteynae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Pachydactylus
Species:
P. sansteynae
Binomial name
Pachydactylus sansteynae
Steyn & J. Mitchell, 1967
Synonyms
  • Pachydactylus serval sansteyni
    Steyn & J. Mitchell, 1967
  • Pachydactylus sansteyni
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Pachydactylus sansteynae
    — Michels & Bauer, 2004

Etymology

The specific name, sansteynae, is in honor of San Steyn who is the wife of the senior taxon authority.[2]

Reproduction

P. sansteynae is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Pachydactylus sansteynae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. 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 sansteynae, p. 254).

Further reading
  • Michels JP, Bauer AM (2004). "Some Corrections to the Scientific Names of Amphibians and Reptiles". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 52 (1/2): 83–94. (Pachydactylus sansteynae, corrected name, p. 87).
  • Steyn W, Mitchell JL (1967). "Two new geckos (Pachydactylus serval sansteyni ssp. nov., Pachydactylus oreophilus gaiasensis ssp. nov.) from South West Africa". Cimbebasia (21): 9–21.



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