| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: CapeCross Thick-toed Gecko, Koch’s gecko
G: Kochs Dickfingergecko. |
| Synonym | Pachydactylus kochii FITZSIMONS 1959: 405
Pachydactylus kochii — WERMUTH 1965: 119
Pachydactylus kochii — KLUGE 1993
Pachydactylus kochii — RÖSLER 1995: 136
Colopus kochii — BAUER & LAMB 2005
Colopus kochii — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013
Pachydactylus kochii — HEINICKE et al. 2017
Colopus kochi — BARTS 2018 |
| Distribution | Republic of South Africa (S Namaqualand), Namibia
Type locality: Sextoo, vicinity of Cape Cross, Namib, SW Africa.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 23952, adult male, allotype an adult female (TM. 23951) and paratype a subadult male (TM. 23953), and collected in August 1954, by Dr C. Koch. |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: Closest to Pachydactylus mariquensis, but readily distinguished
therefrom on its more slender build, more pointed snout, longer limbs with digits narrowing to an obtuse point, nasorostrals in contact, nature of body scaling and distinctive colour markings [from FITZSIMONS 1959]. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after the collector, Dr. C. Koch. |
| References |
- Barts, M. 2004. Pachydactylus kochii FITZSIMONS 1959 - Kochs Dickfingergecko. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (45): 51-54 - get paper here
- Barts, Mirko 2018. Ein kleiner Reiseführer zu den Reptilien und Amphibien Namibias. Draco 16 (64): 6-23 [2015] - get paper here
- Bauer, A.M. & Lamb, T. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Journal of Herpetology 54 (2): 105-129 - 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
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Boone, Jon 2010. Field notes and reproduction in the genus Colopus. Gekko 6 (1): 43-55
- FitzSimons, V. 1959. Some new reptiles from southern Africa and southern Angola. Annals Transvaal Mus. 23: 405-409 - get paper here
- Haacke, W.D. 1976. The Burrowing Geckos of Southern Africa: 5. (Phylogetic and Taxonomic Affinities). Annals Transvaal Mus. 30 (6): 71-89 - 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
- Mashinini, P. L. and Mahlangu, L. M. 2013. An annotated catalogue of the types of gekkonid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 165-181
- Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
- Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific Society, 276 pp.
- Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp.
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