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Chondrodactylus turneri

Turner's thick-toed gecko
Turner’s Thick-toed Gecko (Chondrodactylus turneri) (7026896559).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Chondrodactylus
Species: C. turneri
Binomial name
Chondrodactylus turneri
(Gray, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Homodactylus turneri
    Gray, 1864
  • Pachydactylus bibroni turneri
    Parker, 1936
  • Pachydactylus turneri
    Bates & Heideman, 1997
  • Chondrodactylus turneri
    — & Lamb, 2005

Chondrodactylus turneri is a species of gecko endemic to Africa.

The specific name, turneri, is in honor of British entomologist James Aspinall Turner.

C. turneri is large and robust, with a body length (snout-vent length or SVL) of 10 cm (3.9 in).

C. turneri is nocturnal and lives on rocks and buildings.

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



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