Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Gekkonidae > Pachydactylus > Pachydactylus capensis

Pachydactylus capensis (Cape Thick-toed Gecko)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4 grams
Egg Length [2]  0.354 inches (9 mm)
Egg Width [2]  0.276 inches (7 mm)
Gestation [2]  49 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  2.362 inches (6 cm)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal, Saxicolous, Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cape Floristic Region South Africa No
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland No
Succulent Karoo Namibia, South Africa No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Spauligodon molopoensis[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0