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Pachydactylus bicolor HEWITT, 1926

IUCN Red List - Pachydactylus bicolor - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Two-colored Thick-toed Gecko 
SynonymPachydactylus punctatus bicolor HEWITT 1926: 477
Pachydactylus punctatus bicolor HEWITT 1927: 398
Pachydactylus bicolor — LOVERIDGE 1947: 360
Pachydactylus bicolor — WERMUTH 1965: 116
Pachydactylus bicolor — KLUGE 1993
Pachydactylus bicolor — RÖSLER 2000: 98 
DistributionNamibia

Type locality: Kaross, Kaokoveld  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: SAM 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin bicolor, of two colors, presumably after the two predominant colors in adults of the species (hatchlings have a more colorful pattern). 
References
  • Anonymous 1958. A List of Zoological and Botanical Types preserved in collections in Southern and East Africa. Volume I - Zoology, Part 1. South African Museums' Association, Pretoria, i-vi, 1-147. - get paper here
  • Barts, M. & Kowalski, T. 2006. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas. Teil V: Pachydactylus bicolor HEWITT, 1926. Sauria 28 (1): 5-10 - get paper here
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Branch, William R. & Haacke, Wulf D. 1993. The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland, Namibia. Madoqua (Windhoek) 18 (2): 117-145. - get paper here
  • Girard, Francis 2004. Captive Maintenance and Reproduction of Pachydactylus tigrinus Van Dam, 1921 and Pachydactylus bicolor Hewitt, 1926. Gekko 4 (1): 26-38
  • HEINICKE, MATTHEW P.; LAUREN M. ADDERLY, AARON M. BAUER & TODD R. JACKMAN 2011. A long-known new species of gecko allied to Pachydactylus bicolor (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the central Namibian coast. African Journal of Herpetology 60 (2): 11-129 - get paper here
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here
  • Hewitt, J. 1926. Some new or little-known reptiles and batrachians from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 20: 473—490
  • Hewitt, J. 1927. Further descriptions of reptiles and batrachians from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. (Grahamstown) 3 (5): 371-415
  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
 
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