Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa.
Etymology The specific name, oshaughnessyi, is in honor of Arthur O'Shaughnessy, who was a British herpetologist and poet.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi, p. 197).
Geographic range Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Habitat The preferred habitat of Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi is mesic savanna.
Description Adults of Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .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., 112 color plates. . (Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi, p. 252 + Plate 83).
Reproduction Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi is oviparous.
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Further reading
Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural history). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi, new species, pp. 204–205 + Plate XVI, figure 3). (Pachydactylus capensis oshaughnessyi, p. 387). + Plates 1–5. (Pachydactylus capensis oshaughnessyi, pp. 173–174). Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi, p. 99). (in German).