Pachydactylus macrolepis FITZSIMONS, 1939

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Large-scaled Banded Gecko
Synonym	Pachydactylus mariquensis macrolepis FITZSIMONS 1939 Pachydactylus mariequensis macrolepis [sic] FITZSIMONS 1939: 6 Pachydactylus mariquensis macrolepis — LOVERIDGE 1947: 347 Pachydactylus mariquensis macrolepis — WERMUTH 1965: 120 Pachydactylus macrolepis — BAUER et al. 2011 Pachydactylus macrolepis — BATES et al. 2014: 134
Distribution	South Africa (western Northern Cape Province) Type locality: Springbokfontein and Namaqualand.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: SAM ZR 1159, SAM ZR 02417
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the Marico district where it actually does not occur (Bauer et al. 2011).
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 Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Annals Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16 Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - 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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