Pachydactylus angolensis

Pachydactylus angolensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Pachydactylus angolensis Loveridge, 1944

Holotype: AMNH 47874, adult ♂, collected by Arthur Vernay, Herbert Lang and Rudyerd Boulton on 17 May 1925.
Type locality: “Hanha, Benguela Province, Angola” restricted to “Hanha do Norte (12°14′42″S, 13°42′27″E), approximately 20 km northeast of Lobito, Benguela Province, Angola” by Branch et al. (2017: 164).

Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis Loveridge, 1944: 3 [original combination, as subspecies]
Pachydactylus angolensis — Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2002: 26 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Loveridge, A. 1944. New geckos of the genera Afroedura, new genus, and Pachydactylus from Angola. American Museum Novitates 1254: 1–4. hdl: 2246/3698
Bauer, A.M., Lamb, T. & Branch, W.R. 2002. A Revision of Pachydactylus scutatus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the Description of a New Species from Northern Namibia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 53(3): 23–36. BHL Reference page.
Branch, W.R., Haacke, W., Pinto, P.V., Conradie, W., Baptista, N., Verburgt, L. & Verisimmo, L. 2017. Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 157–166. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10915 Reference page.

English: Angolan Thick-toed Gecko

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