Pachydactylus angolensis LOVERIDGE, 1944

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Angola Large-scaled gecko, Angolan Thicktoed Gecko G: Angola-Dickfingergecko
Synonym	Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis LOVERIDGE 1944 Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis — WERMUTH 1965: 122 Pachydactylus angolensis — BAUER et al. 2002 Pachydactylus angolensis — BRANCH et al. 2017 Pachydactylus angolensis — MARQUES et al. 2023
Distribution	Angola (Benguela), Southwest Africa (Kaokoveld) Type locality: Hanha, Benguela, Angola. Restricted to Hanha do Norte (12°14'42”S, 13°42'27”E), approximately 20 km north-east of Lobito, Benguela Province, Angola, by Branch et al. 2017.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 47874
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Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Bauer, Aaron M., Trip Lamb, and William R. Branch 2002. A revision of Pachydactylus scutatus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of a new species from northern Namibia. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 53 (3): 23-36 - get paper here Branch WR, Haacke W, Vaz Pinto P, 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. - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1944. New geckos of the genera Afroedura, new genus, and Pachydactylus from Angola. American Museum Novitates 1254: 1-4 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here Marques MP, Parrhina D, Ceríaco LMP, Brennan IG, Heinicke MP, Bauer AM 2023. A new species of thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus) from Serra da Neve and surrounding rocky areas of southwestern Angola. Vertebrate Zoology 73 325–343 - get paper here Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II) Parrinha, D., Marques, M. P., Bauer, A. M., & Ceríaco, L. M. 2026. An Updated Checklist and Atlas of the Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 91(4), 319-397 - get paper here Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich (80): 1—246
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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