Pachydactylus insectivorous geckos, endemic to Africa, and commonly known as thick-toed geckos .
The genus Pachydactylus is characterised by dilated toe tips, usually with undivided scansors. Body scales are small, granular and non-overlapping, with scattered, large keeled tubercles.
Most, if not all, species of Pachydactylus are nocturnal.
Pachydactylus species live in a diverse range of habitats .
lizards of the genus Pachydactylus feed mainly on arthropods.
The geographic range of the genus Pachydactylus is centred on Southern Africa , some reaching East Africa , the northernmost limit of their distribution.
The following species are recognized as being valid.
Pachydactylus acuminatus V. FitzSimons , 1941Pachydactylus affinis Boulenger , 1896Pachydactylus amoenus F. Werner , 1910Pachydactylus atorquatus Bauer, Barts & Hulbert, 2006 Pachydactylus austeni Hewitt , 1923Austen's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus barnardi V. FitzSimons, 1941 – Barnard's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus bibronii (A. Smith , 1846) = Chondrodactylus bibronii (A. Smith, 1846) – Bibron's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus bicolor Hewitt, 1926 – velvety thick-toed geckoPachydactylus boehmei Bauer, 2010 Pachydactylus capensis (A. Smith, 1846) – Cape thick-toed geckoPachydactylus caraculicus V. FitzSimons, 1959 – Angolan banded thick-toed geckoPachydactylus carinatus Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 Pachydactylus etultra Branch, Bauer, Jackman & Heinicke, 2011 Pachydactylus fasciatus Boulenger, 1888 – banded thick-toed geckoPachydactylus fitzsimonsi Loveridge , 1947Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi (Loveridge, 1947) – FitzSimon's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus formosus A. Smith, 1849 – Smith's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus gaiasensis Steyn & J. Mitchell, 1967 – Brandberg thick-toed geckoPachydactylus geitje (Sparrman , 1778) – ocellated thick-toed geckoPachydactylus goodi Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 Pachydactylus griffini Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 Pachydactylus haackei Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996 – Haacke's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus katanganus de Witte , 1953Pachydactylus kladaroderma Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996 – thin-skinned thick-toed geckoPachydactylus kobosensis V. FitzSimons, 1938 Pachydactylus kochii V. FitzSimons, 1959 = Colopus kochi (V. FitzSimons, 1959) – Koch's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus labialis V. FitzSimons, 1938 – Calvinia thick-toed geckoPachydactylus laevigatus Fischer, 1888 – Fischer's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus maculatus Gray , 1845Pachydactylus maraisi Heinicke, Adderly, Bauer & Jackman, 2011 Pachydactylus mariquensis A. Smith, 1849 – Marico thick-toed geckoPachydactylus mclachlani Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 Pachydactylus monicae Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 Pachydactylus montanus Methuen & Hewitt, 1914Pachydactylus monticolus V. FitzSimons, 1943 = Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778) Pachydactylus namaquensis (Sclater, 1898) – Namaqua thick-toed geckoPachydactylus oculatus Hewitt, 1927 – golden spotted thick-toed geckoPachydactylus oreophilus McLachlan & Spence, 1967 – Kaokoveld thick-toed geckoPachydactylus oshaughnessyi Boulenger, 1885 – O'Shaughnessy's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus otaviensis Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 Pachydactylus parascutatus Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2002 Pachydactylus pulitzerae K. Schmidt, 1933 Pachydactylus punctatus W. Peters , 1854Pachydactylus purcelli Boulenger, 1910 Pachydactylus rangei (Andersson , 1908) – Namib sand geckoPachydactylus reconditus Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 Pachydactylus robertsi V. FitzSimons, 1938 Pachydactylus rugosus A. Smith, 1849 – rough thick-toed geckoPachydactylus sansteynae Steyn & Mitchell, 1967 – San Steyn's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus scherzi Mertens , 1954Pachydactylus scutatus Hewitt, 1927 – large-scaled thick-toed geckoPachydactylus serval F. Werner, 1910 – western spotted thick-toed geckoPachydactylus tetensis Loveridge, 1953 = Elasmodactylus tetensis (Loveridge, 1953) – Tete thick-toed geckoPachydactylus tigrinus Van Dam, 1921 – tiger thick-toed geckoPachydactylus tsodiloensis Haacke, 1966 – Tsodilo thick-toed geckoPachydactylus tuberculosus (Boulenger, 1895) = Elasmodactylus tuberculosus Boulenger, 1895 Pachydactylus turneri (Gray, 1864) = Chondrodactylus turneri (Gray, 1864) – Turner's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus vansoni V. FitzSimons, 1933 – Van Son's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus vanzyli (Steyn & Haacke, 1966) Pachydactylus visseri Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006 Pachydactylus waterbergensis Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2003 Pachydactylus weberi Roux , 1907Weber's thick-toed geckoPachydactylus werneri Hewitt, 1935 Nota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
