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Pachydactylus rangei (ANDERSSON, 1908)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Namib Sand Gecko, Namib Web-footed gecko
G: Namibgecko, Wüstengecko, Sandgecko, Schwimmfußgecko 
SynonymPalmatogecko rangei ANDERSSON 1908
Syndactylosaura schultzei WERNER 1910 (fide LOVERIDGE 1947)
Palmatogecko rangei — LOVERIDGE 1947: 36
Palmatogecko rangei — WERMUTH 1965: 124
Palmatogecko rangei — HAACKE 1976
Palmatogecko rangei — KLUGE 1993
Palmatogecko rangei — RÖSLER 1995: 137
Palmatogecko rangeri [sic] — PIANKA & VITT 2003
Pachydactylus rangei — BAUER & LAMB 2005
Pachydactylus rangei — BATES et al. 2014: 140
Pachydactylus rangei — SCHLEICHER 2020 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa, S Angola, Namibia (Lüderitz-Bucht)

Type locality: Lüderitz-Bucht, Southwest Africa.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MWNH 460 (Wiesbaden, Germany) 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: A slender, medium sized, nocturnal, terrestrial gecko, with delicate, semi-transparent appearance, differing from all related geckos by its webbed feet (Haacke 1976).


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CommentType Species: Palmatogecko rangei is the type species of the genus Palmatogecko ANDERSSON 1908. 
EtymologyNamed for its collector, Dr. P. Range. 
References
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