Pachydactylus bicolor HEWITT, 1926

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Two-colored Thick-toed Gecko
Synonym	Pachydactylus 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
Distribution	Namibia Type locality: Kaross, Kaokoveld
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: SAM
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Presumably named 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.pachydactylus.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/411602061064398 Google images

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