Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus pulitzerae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Chondrodactylus |
| Species: | C. pulitzerae
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| Chondrodactylus pulitzerae (Schmidt, 1933)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, pulitzerae, is feminine, genitive, singular. Schmidt did not specify whom he meant to honor. It may commemorate Margaret Pulitzer, second wife of Ralph Pulitzer, both of whom were members of the Pulitzer Angola Expedition, or it may commemorate their infant daughter who had died of polio.
Geographic range edit
C. pulitzerae is found from northern Namibia through southern Angola.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Chondrodactylus pulitzerae ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
Further reading edit
- Schmidt KP (1933). "The Reptiles of the Pulitzer Angola Expedition". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 22 (1): 1–15. (Pachydactylus bibronii pulitzerae, new subspecies, p. 6).