Pachydactylus scherzi is a lizard species in the Gekkonidae family. The species is native to Southern Africa.
Etymology The specific name, scherzi, is in honor of German chemical engineer Ernst Rudolph Scherz (1906–1981).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Pachydactylus scherzi, p. 235).
Geographic range P. scherzi is found in Angola and Namibia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. scherzi is rocky outcrops in the desert or the savanna.
Description Adults of P. scherzi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Dorsally, P. scherzi is brown, with whitish crossbands that are edged with dark brown and often broken in the middle. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.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. . (Pachydactylus scherzi, p. 259 + Plate 111).
Reproduction P. scherzi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Bauer AM, Branch WR (1995). "Geographic variation in western populations of the Pachydactylus punctatus complex (Reptilia Gekkonidae)". Tropical Zoology 8 (1): 69–84. (Pachydactylus scherzi, new status). Gates BC (2004). "Field Observations of the Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus scherzi Mertens, 1954 Near Namibia's Skeleton Coast". Gekko 4 (1): 18–22. Gates BC (2006). "Observations of the Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus scherzi Mertens, 1954 Near the Brandberg, Namibia". Gekko 5 (1): 2–4. Herrmann H-W, Branch WR (2013). "Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist". Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115. Mertens R (1954). "Neue Eidechsen aus Südwest-Afrika ". Senckenbergiana 34: 175–183. (Pachydactylus punctatus scherzi, new subspecies). (in German). Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pachydactylus scherzi, p. 99). (in German).