Pachydactylus atorquatus

Pachydactylus atorquatus, also known commonly as the Augrabies gecko and Good's gecko, is a species of thick-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Taxonomy
P. atorquatus belongs to the P. weberi species group.

Geographic range
P. atorquatus is found in Namibia and South Africa.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. atorquatus is rocky areas in shrubland, at altitudes of 500 –.

Description
Large for its genus, P. atorquatus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.0 cm. It is the only species in the weberi group which does not have a pale collar as a hatchling or juvenile, a key character to which the specific name atorquatus refers.

Reproduction
P. atorquatus is oviparous.

Etymology
The synonym P. goodi was named in honor of herpetologist David Andrew Good.