Pachydactylus vansoni

Pachydactylus vansoni, commonly known as Van Son's thick-toed gecko or Van Son's gecko, is a species of gecko, which is endemic to Southern Africa.

Pachydactylus vansoni
in Soutpansberg, South Africa.

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Pachydactylus
Species:
P. vansoni
Binomial name
Pachydactylus vansoni
Synonyms
  • Pachydactylus capensis vansoni
    V. Fitzsimons 1933[1][2]
  • Pachtdactylus vansoni
    — Bauer & Good, 1996[2]

Etymology

The specific name, vansoni, is in honor of Russian-born Dutch entomologist Georges Van Son (1898-1967), who worked at the Transvaal Museum (1925-1967).[3]

Geographic range

P. vansoni is distributed in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The geographic range of this species is estimated to be larger than 100,000 km² (38,610 sq mi).[1]

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References
  1. Bauer AM, Maritz B (2010). "Pachydactylus vansoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Pachydactylus vansoni Fitzsimons, 1933. The Reptile Database". Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  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 vansoni, pp. 272-273).

Further reading
  • 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 vansoni, pp. 262–263 + Plate 83).
  • FitzSimons VFM (1933). "Descriptions of Five New Lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15 (2): 273–280. (Pachydactylus capensis vansoni, new subspecies).


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