Chondrodactylus

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
Common giant ground gecko (Chondrodactylus angulifer)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Uroplatinae
Genus:	Chondrodactylus W. Peters, 1870[1]
Species
6, see text.

Species and subspecies

The 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

1. 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).
2. Genus Chondrodactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Species Chondrodactylus bibronii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

External links

• Chondrodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database