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Pachydactylus amoenus WERNER, 1910

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Namaqua Banded Gecko 
SynonymPachydactylus amoenus WERNER 1910: 314
Pachydactylus amoenus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 348
Pachydactylus amoenus — WERMUTH 1965: 115
Pachydactylus amoenus — KLUGE 1993
Pachydactylus amoenus — RÖSLER 2000: 97
Pachydactylus amoenus — BAUER et al. 2011 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Cape Province)

Type locality: Kamaggas, Klein-Namaqualand  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 23124 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1402 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “amoenus” = pleasing or lovely. 
References
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Matthew P. Heinicke, Todd R. Jackman & William R. Branch 2011. Systematics of the Pachydactylus mariquensis group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): Status of P. mariquensis latirostris, P. m. macrolepis and P. amoenus. Navorsinge nas. Mus., Bloemfontein 27 (4): 85-107
  • Hewitt, J. 1927. Further descriptions of reptiles and batrachians from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. (Grahamstown) 3 (5): 371-415
  • Hewitt, John 1911. Records of South African Lacertilia and Amphibia, Addenda and Corrigenda. Annals Transvaal Museum 3 (1): 42-55. - 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
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Werner,F. 1910. Reptilia et Amphibia. In Schultze, L., Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Band IV, Systematik und Tiergeographie Vertebrata B. Denkschr. Med.-Nat. Wiss. GeselI. Jena 16: 279-370 [1910] - get paper here
 
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