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Pachydactylus caraculicus FITZSIMONS, 1959

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Angola Banded Thick-toed Gecko 
SynonymPachydactylus caraculicus FITZSIMONS 1959: 407
Pachydactylus caraculicus — WERMUTH 1965: 118
Pachydactylus caraculicus — KLUGE 1993
Pachydactylus caraculicus — RÖSLER 2000: 98
Pachydactylus caraculicus —MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013
Pachydactylus caraculicus — SCHLEICHER 2020 
DistributionSW Angola (Caracul), N Namibia (Kaokoveld)

Type locality: near Caracul, South Angola.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) 22880, male, allotype female (TM. 22884) and two paratypes, a male (TM. 22885) and a female (TM. 22883). 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIs: Apparently close to Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis Loveridge, but differentiated from the latter as follows: scales on back somewhat feebly keeled and becoming quite smooth towards the sides; a broad band of much smaller, juxtaposed scales down middle of back; no admixture of enlarged tubercles on occiput; fewer scansors and subdigital lamellae rather feebly developed. (Fitzsimons 1959)


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CommentDistribution: see map in Parrinha et al. 2025: 422 (Fig. 4). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • BARTS, M. 2019. Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas Teil XXII: Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959. Sauria 41 (4): 52 - 56 - get paper here
  • Barts, M. 2021. Geckos aus dem südlichen Afrika. DATZ 2021 (5): 24-34
  • Bauer, A.M., Lamb, A.C., and Branch, W.R. 2000. Additional records of uncommon Pachydactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern and central Namibia. African Herp News (30): 2-3 [1999] - get paper here
  • FitzSimons, V. 1959. Some new reptiles from southern Africa and southern Angola. Annals Transvaal Mus. 23: 405-409 - 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
  • Lobón-Rovira J, Vaz Pinto P, S. Becker F, Tolley KA, Measey J, Bennet B, Boon B, de Sá S, Conradie W 2022. An updated herpetofaunal species inventory of Iona National Park in southwestern Angola. Check List 18(2): 289-321 - get paper here
  • Marques MP, Parrinha D, Lopes-Lima M, Tiutenko A, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP 2024. An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola. ZooKeys 1201: 167-217 - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
  • 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
  • Parrinha, D., Marques, M. P., Bauer, A. M., & Ceríaco, L. M. 2026. An Updated Checklist and Atlas of the Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 91(4), 319-397 - get paper here
  • Parrinha, D., Marques, M. P., Picelli, A. M., Jordaan, A., Bishop-Schouster, L. J., Heinicke, M. P., ... & Ceríaco, L. M. 2025. Two New Species of Pachydactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Kaokoveld. Ichthyology & Herpetology 113(3): 412-432 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp. - get paper here
  • Ulber T. 1992. Das Portrait: der Kurzbericht zum Titelbild: Pachydactylus caraculicus Fitzsimons. Sauria 14 (3): 1-2 - get paper here
 
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