Turner's thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus turneri) is a species of 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. turneri
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| Chondrodactylus turneri (Gray, 1864)
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Description
editC. turneri is large and robust, with a snout-vent length (SVL) of 10 cm (3.9 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe specific name, turneri, is in honor of British entomologist James Aspinall Turner.[3]
Geographic range
editC. turneri is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1][4]
Behaviour
editTurner's thick-toed gecko is nocturnal and lives on rocks and buildings.[2]
Diet
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C. turneri is an ambush predator and feeds on invertebrates and whatever else it can catch and overpower.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Species Chondrodactylus turneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c 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).
- ^ 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).
Further reading
edit- 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 ". Herpetologica 73 (1): 43–47.
- Gramentz D (2004). "Das Antiprädationsverhalten von Pachydactylus turneri (GRAY 1864)". Sauria 26 (2): 37–41. (in German).
- Gramentz D (2005). "Zur Ökologie und Ethologie von Pachydactylus turneri (GRAY, 1864) in Zentral Namibia". Sauria 27 (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 Series 14: 380–384. (Homodactylus turneri, new species, pp. 381–382).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153, (Pachydactylus turneri, p. 100). (in German).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.