Pachydactylus barnardi

Pachydactylus barnardi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Pachydactylus
Species:	P. barnardi
Binomial name
	Pachydactylus barnardi; V. FitzSimons, 1941
Synonyms[2]
	Pachydactylus capensis barnardi ; V. FitzSimons, 1941; Pachydactylus barnardi ; — Lamb & Bauer, 2000; Pachydactylus rugosus barnardi ; — Rösler, 2000; Pachydactylus barnardi ; — Mashinini & Mahlangu, 2013;

Pachydactylus barnardi, also known commonly as Barnard's rough gecko or Barnard's thick-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is indigenous to Southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, barnardi, is in honor of South African zoologist Keppel Harcourt Barnard.[3]

Geographic range

P. barnardi is found in Namibia and South Africa (Cape Province and southern Little Namaqualand).[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. barnardi is shrubland.[1]

Description

On its back, P. barnardi has rows of enlarged tubercles, separated by small granular scales. Adults have a snout-to-vent length of 4.5–6.0 cm (1.8–2.4 in).[4]

Reproduction

P. barnardi is oviparous.[2]

References

Bates MF, Bauer AM (2018). "Pachydactylus barnardi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T196931A110339149. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T196931A110339149.en. Downloaded on 16 July 2018.
Pachydactylus barnardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus barnardi, p. 17).
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 rugosus barnardi, pp. 259-260 + Plate 111).

Lamb T, Bauer AM (2000). "Relationships of the Pachydactylus rugosus group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)". African Zoology 35 (1): 55–67. (Pachydactylus barnardi, new status).
FitzSimons VFM (1941). "Descriptions of some new Lizards from South Africa and a Frog from Southern Rhodesia". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20 (3): 273–281. (Pachydactylus capensis barnardi, new subspecies, p. 273).
Mashinini PL, Mahlangu LM (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.

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[iucn-1] Bates MF, Bauer AM (2018). "Pachydactylus barnardi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T196931A110339149. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T196931A110339149.en. Downloaded on 16 July 2018.

[RDB-2] Pachydactylus barnardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus barnardi, p. 17).

[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 rugosus barnardi, pp. 259-260 + Plate 111).