词条 | Pachydactylus austeni |
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| image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | genus = Pachydactylus | species = austeni | authority = Hewitt, 1923[2] }}Pachydactylus austeni, also known as Austen's thick-toed gecko or Austen's gecko, is a species of small thick-toed gecko that is indigenous to the western coast of South Africa.[3] EtymologyThe specific name, austeni, is in honour of English topographer Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen.[3] Habitat and behaviourThe natural habitat of P. austeni is coastal dunes, where it lives in a tiny burrow that it digs in the sand and forages at night for small insects among the dune vegetation.[3] DescriptionP. austeni has a smooth, colourful body with large eyes and conspicuous yellow or white eyelids.[4]References1. ^Bauer, A.M. 2017. Pachydactylus austeni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T196930A110332486. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T196930A110332486.en. Downloaded on 16 July 2018. 2. ^"Pachydactylus austeni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. 3. ^Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Pachydactylus austeni, p. 13). 4. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.capenature.co.za/projects.htm?sm%5Bp1%5D%5Bcategory%5D=391&sm%5Bp1%5D%5Bpersistent%5D=1& |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-11-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724015422/http://www.capenature.co.za/projects.htm?sm%5Bp1%5D%5Bcategory%5D=391&sm%5Bp1%5D%5Bpersistent%5D=1& |archivedate=2011-07-24 |df= }} Further reading
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