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Species of lizard

Pachydactylus mclachlani
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Pachydactylus
Species: P. mclachlani
Binomial name
Pachydactylus mclachlani
Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006

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

Etymology

The specific name, mclachlani, is in honor of Geoffrey Roy McLachlan (1923–2005), who was a South African ornithologist and herpetologist.

Description

P. mclachlani is relatively large for its genus. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in).

Reproduction

P. mclachlani is oviparous.

References

  1. Bauer, A.M.; Becker, F. (2020). "Pachydactylus mclachlani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110214064A110214066. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110214064A110214066.en. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ Pachydactylus mclachlani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 December 2018.
  3. McLachlan, Paula; Niven, Patrick (2006). "Geoffrey Roy McLachlan 1923–2005". Ostrich, Journal of African Ornithology 77 (1-2): v-vi.

Further reading

  • Barts B, Colacicco F (2017). "Die Dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas – Tiel XXI Pachydactylus mclachlani Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006, mit Amnerkungen zu 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 mclachlani, new species, pp. 670–673 + Figures 93–98 on pp. 637–639).
Taxon identifiers
Pachydactylus mclachlani


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