Chondrodactylus is genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is commonly known as thick-toed geckos. Little is known of their biology.
| Chondrodactylus | |
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| Common giant ground gecko (Chondrodactylus angulifer) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Uroplatinae |
| Genus: | Chondrodactylus W. Peters, 1870[1] |
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6, see text. | |
Species and subspecies
editThe following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Chondrodactylus angulifer W. Peters, 1870 – common giant ground gecko
- Chondrodactylus angulifer angulifer W. Peters, 1870
- Chondrodactylus angulifer namibensis Haacke, 1976
- Chondrodactylus bibronii (A. Smith, 1846) – Bibron's thick-toed gecko[3]
- Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi (Loveridge, 1947) – Fitzsimons's thick-toed gecko
- Chondrodactylus laevigatus Fischer, 1888 – Fischer's thick-toed gecko
- Chondrodactylus pulitzerae (Schmidt, 1933) – Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko
- Chondrodactylus turneri (Gray, 1864) – Turner's thick-toed gecko
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chondrodactylus.
References
edit- ^ Peters W (1870). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der herpetologischen Fauna von Südafrika". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870: 110-115. (Chondrodactylus, new genus, p. 110). (in German and Latin).
- ^ Genus Chondrodactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Species Chondrodactylus bibronii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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