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Visser's gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Pachydactylus
Species:	P. visseri
Binomial name
Pachydactylus visseri Bauer, Lamb & Branch, 2006

Visser's gecko (Pachydactylus visseri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, visseri, is in honor of South African herpetologist John Duckitt Visser (1938–2012).

Geographic range

P. visseri is found in Namibia and South Africa.

Description

P. visseri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.85 cm (1.91 in). The tail is long, 120% SVL.

Reproduction

P. visseri is oviparous.

References

1. Bates, M.F.; Bauer, A.M. (2020). "Pachydactylus visseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T196950A139766394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196950A139766394.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. 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 visseri, p. 276).
3. ^ Pachydactylus visseri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Barts M, Colacicco F (2015). "Die dickfingergeckos des südlichen Afrikas Teil XVIII: Pachydactylus visseri BAUER, LAMB & BRANCH, 2006 ". Sauria 37 (2): 53–57. (in German).
• Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR (2006). "A Revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi Groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the Description of Eight New Species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 57 (23): 595–709. (Pachydactylus visseri, new species, pp. 676–679 + Figures 108–111).

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• Reptiles described in 2006
• Taxa named by William Roy Branch
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