Turner's thick-toed gecko

Turner's thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus turneri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.

C. turneri at Selati, Limpopo

With a Cape house snake.

Turner's thick-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Chondrodactylus
Species:	C. turneri
Binomial name
Chondrodactylus turneri (Gray, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Homodactylus turneri Gray, 1864 Pachydactylus bibroni turneri — Parker, 1936 Pachydactylus turneri — Bates & Heideman, 1997 Chondrodactylus turneri — Bauer & Lamb, 2005

Description

C. turneri is large and robust, with a snout-vent length (SVL) of 10 cm (3.9 in).^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, turneri, is in honor of British entomologist James Aspinall Turner.^[3]

Geographic range

C. turneri is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.^[1][4]

Behaviour

Turner's thick-toed gecko is nocturnal and lives on rocks and buildings.^[2]

Diet

In a toilet in South Africa.

C. turneri is an ambush predator and feeds on invertebrates and whatever else it can catch and overpower.^[2]

Reproduction

C. turneri is oviparous.^[1]