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	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (32 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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/ Google images

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