Pachydactylus geitje
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Pachydactylus |
| Species: | P. geitje
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| Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778)
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Pachydactylus geitje, also known commonly as the ocellated gecko, the ocellated thick-toed gecko and the Cradock thick-toed gecko, is a tiny species of thick-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is indigenous to the Western Cape of South Africa.
Description
[edit]P. geitje is a very colourful, mottled little gecko. Its smooth (almost silky) body is usually covered in dark-edged white spots.[citation needed]
Habitat
[edit]P. geitje typically lives on the ground among debris and under rocks. Further inland it only lives higher in the mountains where rocky outcrops provide it with sufficient places to hide.[citation needed]
Reproduction
[edit]Pachydactylus geitje lays a clutch of two tiny eggs in the summer.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bates, M.F.; Bauer, A.M. [in French] (2018). "Pachydactylus geitje". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T196935A115663262. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T196935A115663262.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Species Pachydactylus geitje at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Pachydactylus.com - P. Geitje". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ^ "Pachydactylus geitje (Occelated gecko)". www.biodiversityexplorer.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.
Further reading
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- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Pachydactylus ocellatus, pp. 205–206).
- 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 geitje, p. 254 + Plate 82).
- Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 98 (1): 1–469. (Pachydactylus geitje, pp. 350–352).
- Sparrman A (1778). "Befkrifning och berättelfe om LACERTA GEITJE, en obekant och giftig ÖDLA ifrân Goda Hopps Udden ". Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhallets Handlingar, Wetenskaps Afdelningen Forsta Stycket, Götheborg 1: 75–78. (Lacerta geitje, new species, p. 75). (in Swedish).