Turner's thick-toed gecko
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Turner's thick-toed gecko
| image = Turner’s Thick-toed Gecko (Chondrodactylus turneri) (7026896559).jpg
| taxon = Chondrodactylus turneri
| authority = (Gray, 1864)
| synonyms = *Homodactylus turneri
{{small|Gray, 1864}}
- Pachydactylus bibroni turneri
{{small|— Parker, 1936}} - Pachydactylus turneri
{{small|— Bates & Heideman, 1997}} - Chondrodactylus turneri
{{small|— Bauer & Lamb, 2005}}
| synonyms_ref = {{EMBL species|genus=Chondrodactylus|species=turneri}} www.reptile-database.org.
}}
Turner's thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus turneri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.
Description
C. turneri is large and robust, with a snout-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|10|cm|in|abbr=on}}.
Etymology
Geographic range
C. turneri is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Branch (2004).
Behaviour
Turner's thick-toed gecko is nocturnal and lives on rocks and buildings.Alexander, Graham; Marais, Johan (2007). A Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik. 408 pp. {{ISBN|978-1770073869}}. (Chondrodactylus turneri, pp. 311-313).
Diet
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C. turneri is an ambush predator and feeds on invertebrates and whatever else it can catch and overpower.
Reproduction
C. turneri is oviparous.
References
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Further reading
- 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. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Pachydactylus turneri, pp. 254–255 + Plate 84).
- Eifler MA, Marchand R, Eifler DA, Malela K (2017). "Habitat Use and Activity Patterns in the Nocturnal Gecko, Chondrodactylus turneri ". Herpetologica 73 (1): 43–47.
- Gramentz D (2004). "Das Antiprädationsverhalten von Pachydactylus turneri (GRAY 1864)". Sauria 26 (2): 37–41. (in German).
- Gramentz D (2005). "Zur Ökologie und Ethologie von Pachydactylus turneri (GRAY, 1864) in Zentral Namibia". Sauria 27 (2): 17–22. (in German).
- Gray JE (1864). "Notes on some New Lizards from South-Eastern Africa, with the Descriptions of several New Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 14: 380–384. (Homodactylus turneri, new species, pp. 381–382).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153, (Pachydactylus turneri, p. 100). (in German).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. {{ISBN|978-1472935618}}.
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Category:Reptiles of South Africa
Category:Reptiles described in 1864
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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