Werner's thick-toed gecko

Werner's thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus werneri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.

Etymology The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Pachydactylus werneri, p. 282).

Geographic range In Namibia P. werneri is found in the areas around Karibib, Maltahöhe, and Swakopmund.

Description P. werneri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .

Reproduction P. werneri is oviparous.

References

Further reading Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR (2006). "A revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the description of eight new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 57: 595–709. (Pachydactylus werneri, pp. 654–655 + Figures 54–57). FitzSimons VF (1943). The Lizards of South Africa. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum. xvi + 528 pp. (Pachydactylus werneri, new status, p. 85). Hewitt J (1935). "Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum 4: 283–357. (Pachydactylus capensis werneri, new subspecies, p. 315). Wermuth H (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Pachydactylus werneri, p. 124). (in German).