Turner's thick-toed gecko

Turner's thick-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Chondrodactylus
Species:	C. turneri
Binomial name
	Chondrodactylus turneri; (Gray, 1864)
Synonyms
	Homodactylus turneri; Gray, 1864; Pachydactylus bibroni turneri; — Parker, 1936; Pachydactylus turneri; — Bates & Heideman, 1997; Chondrodactylus turneri; — Bauer & Lamb, 2005;

Last updated February 24, 2022

Turner's thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus turneri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, turneri, is in honor of British entomologist James Aspinall Turner.^[2]

Geographic range

C. turneri is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.^[1]^[3]

Description

C. turneri is large and robust, with a snout-vent length (SVL) of 10 cm (3.9 in).^[4]

Behaviour

Turner's thick-toed gecko is nocturnal and lives on rocks and buildings.^[4]

Diet

C. turneri is an ambush predator and feeds on invertebrates and whatever else it can catch and overpower.^[4]

Reproduction

C. turneri is oviparous.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 Species Chondrodactylus turneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus turneri, p. 269).
↑ Branch (2004).
1 2 3 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).

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 ". Herpetologica73 (1): 43–47.
Gramentz D (2004). "Das Antiprädationsverhalten von Pachydactylus turneri (GRAY 1864)". Sauria26 (2): 37–41. (in German).
Gramentz D (2005). "Zur Ökologie und Ethologie von Pachydactylus turneri (GRAY, 1864) in Zentral Namibia". Sauria27 (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 Series14: 380–384. (Homodactylus turneri, new species, pp. 381–382).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153, (Pachydactylus turneri, p. 100). (in German).
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[RDB-1] 1 2 3 Species Chondrodactylus turneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus turneri, p. 269).

[3] Branch (2004).

[AlMar2007-4] 1 2 3 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).

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