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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Chondrodactylus
Species (6): C. angulifer - C. bibronii - C. fitzsimonsi – C. laevigatus – C. pulitzerae – C. turneri

Name

Chondrodactylus Peters, 1870
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Chondrodactylus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 August 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Thick-toed Geckos

Chondrodactylus is genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is commonly known as thick-toed geckos. Little is known of their biology.
Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]

Chondrodactylus angulifer W. Peters, 1870 – common giant ground gecko
Chondrodactylus angulifer angulifer W. Peters, 1870
Chondrodactylus angulifer namibensis Haacke, 1976
Chondrodactylus bibronii (A. Smith, 1846) – Bibron's thick-toed gecko[3]
Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi (Loveridge, 1947) – Fitzsimons's thick-toed gecko
Chondrodactylus laevigatus Fischer, 1888 – Fischer's thick-toed gecko
Chondrodactylus pulitzerae (Schmidt, 1933) – Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko
Chondrodactylus turneri (Gray, 1864) – Turner's thick-toed gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chondrodactylus.
References

Peters W (1870). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der herpetologischen Fauna von Südafrika". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870: 110-115. (Chondrodactylus, new genus, p. 110). (in German and Latin).
"Chondrodactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
"Chondrodactylus bibronii".

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