Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko

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.

Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Chondrodactylus
Species:	C. pulitzerae
Binomial name
Chondrodactylus pulitzerae (Schmidt, 1933)
Synonyms[1]
Pachydactylus bibronii pulitzerae Schmidt, 1933 Pachydactylus laevigatus pulitzerae — Benyr, 1995 Pachydactylus turneri pulitzerae — Branch, 1998 Chondrodactylus pulitzerae — Ceríaco et al., 2014

Etymology

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

C. pulitzerae is found from northern Namibia through southern Angola.^[1]