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Pachydactylus
Sign in to savePachydactylus is a genus of insectivorous geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Africa, and member species are commonly known as thick-toed geckos. The genus also displays rich speciation, having 58 distinct species identified when compared to other closely related gecko genera like Rhoptropus, most of which have emerged since 35 Ma. It has been suggested that the reason for this rich speciation is not from adaptive radiation nor nonadaptive radiation, but that the genus represents a clade somewhere between the two drivers of speciation. P. bibronii geckos have been
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Pachydactylus es un género de gecos de la familia Gekkonidae.[1] Se distribuye por el sur de África. Especies Se reconocen las siguientes 54 especies:[2] Pachydactylus acuminatus FitzSimons, 1941. Pachydactylus affinis Boulenger, 1896. Pachydactylus amoenus Werner, 1910. Pachydactylus atorquatus Bauer, Barts & Hulbert, 2006. Pachydactylus austeni Hewitt, 1923. Pachydactylus barnardi FitzSimons, 1941. Pachydactylus bicolor Hewitt, 1926. Pachydactylus boehmei Bauer, 2010. Pachydactylus capensis (Smith, 1846). Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959. Pachydactylus carinatus Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006. Pachydactylus etultra Branch, Bauer, Jackman & Heinicke, 2011. Pachydactylus fasciatus Boulenger, 1888. Pachydactylus formosus Smith, 1849. Pachydactylus gaiasensis Steyn & Mitchell, 1967. Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778). Pachydactylus goodi Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006. Pachydactylus griffini Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006. Pachydactylus haackei Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996. Pachydactylus katanganus De Witte, 1953. Pachydactylus kladaroderma Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996. Pachydactylus kobosensis FitzSimons, 1938. Pachydactylus labialis FitzSimons, 1938.
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- Specimen records
- 462
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CM, CAS
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Angola
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Description of the ''Pachydactylus'' genus
- Behavior
- Habitat of ''Pachydactylus'' geckos
- Diet
- Geographic range
- Species
- References
- Further reading
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Pachydactylus is a genus of insectivorous geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Africa, and member species are commonly known as thick-toed geckos. The genus also displays rich speciation, having 58 distinct species identified when compared to other closely related gecko genera like Rhoptropus, most of which have emerged since 35 Ma. It has been suggested that the reason for this rich speciation is not from adaptive radiation nor nonadaptive radiation, but that the genus represents a clade somewhere between the two drivers of speciation. P. bibronii geckos have been used by NASA as animal models for experimentation.
==Description of the Pachydactylus genus == The genus Pachydactylus is characterized by dilated toe tips, usually with adhesive, undivided scansors, as well as hyperphalangy on the first digit of the manus and pes. Body scales are small, granular and non-overlapping, with or without large keeled or unkeeled tubercles.
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