Pachydactylus vansoni
| Pachydactylus vansoni | |
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| Pachydactylus vansoni, Soutpansberg, South Africa. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Pachydactylus |
| Species: | P. vansoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachydactylus vansoni V. FitzSimons,1933 | |
| Synonyms | |
Pachydactylus vansoni, commonly known as Van Son's thick-toed gecko, is a species of gecko, which is endemic to Southern Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, vansoni, is in honor of Russian-born Dutch entomologist Georges Van Son (1898-1967), who worked at the Transvaal Museum (1925-1967).[3]
Geographic range
P. vansoni is distributed in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The geographic range of this species is estimated to be larger than 100,000 km² (38,610 sq mi).[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Bauer AM, Maritz B (2010). "Pachydactylus vansoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Pachydactylus vansoni Fitzsimons, 1933. The Reptile Database". Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ↑ 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 vansoni, pp. 272-273).
Further reading
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Pachydactylus vansoni, pp. 262–263 + Plate 83).
- FitzSimons VFM (1933). "Descriptions of Five New Lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15 (2): 273-280. (Pachydactylus capensis vansoni, new subspecies).
External links
- Photographs at Biodiversityexplorer.org
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