Pachydactylus wahlbergii wahlbergii (Peters, 1869)

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 30-31

Pachydactylus wahlbergii wahlbergii (Peters, 1869)

Kalahari Thick-toed Gecko

Photographs: VMUS 163521, 163522

An individual (SVL 56.3 mm) was photographed ( Fig. 3c ) at Ngonye Falls campsite on 21 April 2013, while a second was photographed at the same site on 13 February 2014. This species has been recorded only once before in Zambia, in the extreme south at Kalamba Station on the old Zambezi Sawmill Railway ( Broadley and Daele 2003). These new records are only the second and third confirmed records of this species in Zambia. This species was previously placed in the genus Colopus , but was transferred to Pachydactylus by Heinicke et al. (2017).

Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau De Jonnès, 1818) Common Tropical House Gecko

Material: PEM R22019, 22020; TM 86251, 86252

Photographs: VMUS 158888–158890, 158892

Seen on the walls of the visitor’s center, Park Headquarters, and Ngonye Falls campsite. This species is common and widespread throughout Zambia ( Broadley 1971a).

Figures

Fig. 3. Selection of reptiles photographed in the vicinity of Sioma Ngwezi National Park and Ngonye Falls in south-western Zambia. (A) Anchieta’s Worm Lizard (Monopeltis anchietae), Idjobwa Pan, northern buffer zone of Sioma Ngwezi National Park and (B) close-up of the head, showing the double head shields. (C) Wahlberg’s Kalahari Gecko (Pachydactylus wahlbergii wahlbergii), Ngonye Falls campsite. (D) Schmitz’s Blind Legless Skink (Acontias schmitzi, PEM R22015), east bank of the Zambezi River opposite Ngonye Falls.