Pachydactylus kladaroderma
| Pachydactylus kladaroderma | |
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| File:Pachydactylus kladaroderma00.jpg | |
| in Klein Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Pachydactylus |
| Species: | P. kladaroderma
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachydactylus kladaroderma Branch, Bauer, & Good, 1996
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Pachydactylus kladaroderma, also known as the thin-skinned gecko, fragile thick-toed gecko, or thin-skinned thick-toed gecko, is a member of the family Gekkonidae, also known as the typical geckos, found in South Africa.[2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The name "kladaroderma" is derived from the Greek "kladaros" which means "easily broken," and "derma" which means "skin." This is in reference to the fragile skin of the species.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Pachydactylus kladaroderma is differentiated from other members of the genus Pachydactylus by a low number of granules (3-6) bordering the mentals, an ear opening that resembles a slit, a 79% incidence of the superlabial entering the nostrils, the infralabials adjacent the mental (5-13,) and an overall dull brown coloring.[2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Known only from South Africa in the Cape Fold Mountains which surround the Little Karoo and the southern escarpment.[2]
References
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