Pachydactylus is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of arboreal insectivorous

Insectivore

An insectivore is a type of carnivore with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures. An alternate term is entomophage, which also refers to the human practice of eating insects....

 gecko

Gecko

Geckos are lizards belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 cm to 60 cm....

s, found primarily in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, and commonly known as Thick-toed Geckos.

The genus is characterised by dilated toe tips, usually with undivided scansors. Body scales are small, granular and non-overlapping, with scattered, large keeled tubercles. Most if not all are nocturnal. They live in a diverse range of habitats and feed mainly on arthropods. The range of this genus is centred on Southern Africa

Southern Africa

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...

, some reaching East Africa

East Africa

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...

, the northernmost limit of their distribution.

Species

• Transvaal Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus affinis
• Pachydactylus amoenus
• Austen's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus austeni
  Pachydactylus austeni
  Austen's Gecko is a small thick-toed gecko that is indigenous to the western coast of South Africa.Its natural habitat 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. It has a smooth, colourful body with...
  
  
• Pachydactylus barnardi
• Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus bibronii
• Velvety Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus bicolor
• Cape Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus capensis
• Angolan Banded Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus caraculicus
• Banded Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus fasciatus
• FitzSimon's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi
• Smith's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus formosus
• Brandberg Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus gaiasensis
• Ocellated Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus geitje
  Pachydactylus geitje
  The Ocellated Thick-toed Gecko is a tiny thick-toed gecko that is indigenous to the Western Cape of South Africa....
  
  
• Haacke's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus haackei
• Thin-Skinned Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus kladaroderma
• Pachydactylus kobosensis
• Koch's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus kochii
• Calvinia Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus labialis
• Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus laevigatus
• Spotted Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus maculatus
• Marico Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus mariquensis
• Pachydactylus monticolus
• Namaqua Thcik-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis
• Golden Spotted Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus oculatus
• Kaokoveld Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus oreophilus
• O'Shaughnessy's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi
• Pachydactylus parascutatus
• Speckled Thcik-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus punctatus
• Rough Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus rugosus
• San Steyn's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus sansteyni
• Shertz's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus scherzi
• Large-scaled Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus scutatus
• Western Spotted Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus serval
• Tete Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus tetensis
• Tiger Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus tigrinus
• Tsodilo Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus tsodiloensis
• Pachydactylus tuberculosus
• Turner's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus turneri
• Van Son's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus vansoni
• Weber's Thick-toed Gecko, Pachydactylus weberi