Pachydactylus geitje

Pachydactylus geitje, also known commonly as the ocellated gecko, the ocellated thick-toed gecko and the Cradock thick-toed gecko, is a tiny species of thick-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is indigenous to the Western Cape of South Africa.

Pachydactylus geitje
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Pachydactylus
Species:	P. geitje
Binomial name
Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778)
Synonyms[2]
Lacerta geitje Sparrman, 1778 Gecko ocellatus Cuvier, 1817 Pachydactylus ocellatus — Boulenger, 1885 Pachydactylus monticolus V. FitzSimons, 1943 Pachydactylus geitje — Loveridge, 1947

Description

P. geitje is a very colourful, mottled little gecko. Its smooth (almost silky) body is usually covered in dark-edged white spots.^{[citation needed]}

Habitat

P. geitje typically lives on the ground among debris and under rocks. Further inland it only lives higher in the mountains where rocky outcrops provide it with sufficient places to hide.^{[citation needed]}

Reproduction

Pachydactylus geitje lays a clutch of two tiny eggs in the summer.^[3][4]