Pachydactylus griffini

Pachydactylus griffini is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.

Pachydactylus griffini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Pachydactylus
Species:
P. griffini
Binomial name
Pachydactylus griffini
Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006

Etymology

The specific name, griffini, is in honor of American zoologist Michael "Mike" Griffin who worked in Namibia for many years.[2][3]

Geographic range

P. griffini is found in southeastern Namibia.[3]

Reproduction

P. griffini is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Bauer, A.M. & Becker, F. 2020. Pachydactylus griffini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T120686363A120906473. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T120686363A120906473.en. Downloaded on 29 August 2021.
  2. 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 griffini, p. 108).
  3. Pachydactylus griffini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Barts M, Colacicco F (2017). "Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas – Tiel XXI Pachydactylus mclachlani Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006, mit Anmerkungen zu Pachydactylus griffini Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 [=The Thick-toed Geckos of Southern Africa – Part XXI Pachydactylus mclachlani Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006, with notes on Pachydactylus griffini Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006]". Sauria 39 (1): 41–46.
  • Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR (2006). "A Revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi Groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with Description of Eight New Species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 57 (23): 595–709. (Pachydactylus griffini, new species, pp. 667–670 + Figures 90–92 on p. 637).


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