Chondrodactylus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Gekkoninae Chondrodactylus angulifer.png
| image_caption = Common giant ground gecko (Chondrodactylus angulifer)
| taxon = Chondrodactylus
| authority = W. Peters, 1870Peters 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).
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 6, see text.
}}
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.
Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Chondrodactylus}} www.reptile-database.org.
- Chondrodactylus angulifer {{small|W. Peters, 1870}} – common giant ground gecko
- Chondrodactylus angulifer angulifer {{small|W. Peters, 1870}}
- Chondrodactylus angulifer namibensis {{small|Haacke, 1976}}
- Chondrodactylus bibronii {{small|(A. Smith, 1846)}} – Bibron's thick-toed gecko{{EMBL species|genus=Chondrodactylus|species=bibronii}} www.reptile-database.org.
- Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi {{small|(Loveridge, 1947)}} – Fitzsimons's thick-toed gecko
- Chondrodactylus laevigatus {{small|Fischer, 1888}} – Fischer's thick-toed gecko
- Chondrodactylus pulitzerae {{small|(Schmidt, 1933)}} – Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko
- Chondrodactylus turneri {{small|(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
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External links
- {{NRDB genus|genus=Chondrodactylus}}
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Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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