Weber's thick-toed gecko

Weber's thick-toed gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Pachydactylus
Species:	P. weberi
Binomial name
	Pachydactylus weberi; Roux, 1907

Weber's thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus weberi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, weberi, is in honor of German-Dutch zoologist Max Wilhelm Carl Weber van Bosse.^[2]

Geographic range

P. weberi is found in Namibia and South Africa.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. weberi are desert and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).^[1]

Description

P. weberi is small for its genus, flattened, and slender-bodied. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.5–4.5 cm (1.4–1.8 in). The maximum recorded SVL is 5 cm (2.0 in).^[4]

Behavior

P. weberi is nocturnal. During the day it shelters in rock crevices.^[4]

Diet

P. weberi predominantly preys upon moths and spiders.^[4]

Reproduction

P. weberi is oviparous.^[3] The adult female lays a clutch of two hard-shelled eggs. Each egg measures on average 9.5 mm x 6.5 mm (0.37 in x 0.26 in).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Bates MF, Bauer AM (2018). "Pachydactylus weberi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T196951A115663934. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T196951A115663934.en. Downloaded on 30 December 2018.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus weberi, p. 280).
^ ^a ^b Pachydactylus weberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Pachydactylus weberi, p. 263 + Plate 86).

Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR (2006). "A revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the description of eight new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 57 (23): 595–709. (Pachydactylus weberi, pp. 606–610 + Figures 1, 3, 13–20).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pachydactylus weberi, p. 99). (in German).
Roux J (1907). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. VII. Lacertilia (Eidechsen)". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 25: 403–444. (Pachydactylus weberi, new species, pp. 408–410 + Plate 14, figures 4–5). (in German).

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[iucn-1] Bates MF, Bauer AM (2018). "Pachydactylus weberi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T196951A115663934. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T196951A115663934.en. Downloaded on 30 December 2018.

[2] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus weberi, p. 280).

[RDB-3] Pachydactylus weberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[Bill-4] Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Pachydactylus weberi, p. 263 + Plate 86).

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