Weber's thick-toed gecko

Weber's thick-toed gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[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

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).
Pachydactylus weberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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).