Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Pachydactylus haackei BRANCH, BAUER & GOOD 1996 (accepted name)

Synonym:

Pachydactylus namaquensis METHUEN 1914 (synonym)

Common name:

Haacke’s Thick-toed gecko

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Reptilia

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Order Squamata

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Family Gekkonidae

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Genus Pachydactylus

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Distribution:

S Namibia, South Africa (Richtersveld) Terra typica: Farm Kuchanas, Great Karasberg, southern Namibia (27° 02’ S, 18° 43’ E).

Additional data:

Holotype: PEM R9282 P. haackei is characterized by its more rounded or squared ear opening; high number of granules bordering the mental and adjacent infralabials (11-19), the general exclusion of the supralabial from the nostril (only 3.7% entry), and brighter, lighter colouration. Named after Wulf D. Haacke, curator of Herpetology, Transvaal Museum (Pretoria).

Source database:

TIGR Reptile Database , Oct 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Uetz P.

Online resource:

http://www.tigr.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e253cf2a-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008


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