. Breviora. Zoology; Paleontology. 2011 NEW PACHYDACTYLUS FROM NAMIBIA 11. Figure 4. General habitat at the type locality of Pachydactylus etultra. View facing southeast toward the Nubib Mountains. Photograph by W. R. Branch. has a wider distribution in the region. Several specimens from the Maltahohe District assigned by Bauer, Lamb, and Branch (2006) to P. acuminatus might in fact be referable to P. etultra. These include a specimen from Sesriem (SAM 44623) and two (SAM 45524, 44528) from Tsaris Pass, respectively, 35 and 55 km from the type locality. A questionable record of P. acumi- natus
. Breviora. Zoology; Paleontology. 2011 NEW PACHYDACTYLUS FROM NAMIBIA 11. Figure 4. General habitat at the type locality of Pachydactylus etultra. View facing southeast toward the Nubib Mountains. Photograph by W. R. Branch. has a wider distribution in the region. Several specimens from the Maltahohe District assigned by Bauer, Lamb, and Branch (2006) to P. acuminatus might in fact be referable to P. etultra. These include a specimen from Sesriem (SAM 44623) and two (SAM 45524, 44528) from Tsaris Pass, respectively, 35 and 55 km from the type locality. A questionable record of P. acumi- natus from the Amichab Mountains (but without precise locality; see Bauer, Lamb, and Branch 2006) in the southern Swakop- mund District (TM 32136) could also belong to this form and should be re-examined. Habitat and Natural History. Some speci- mens were collected on rocky slopes at night, where they were active on and between rock faces. Other specimens were collected around the lodge accommodation, some climbing on rocks composing the boundary walls and chalets. One of the two known hatchlings was collected on gravel on a path, whereas the other was found on the floor of a chalet, both within the lodge complex. Pachydacty- lus etultra is the only member of the P. weberi species complex found in the region, but the more distantly related congeners P. rugosus and P. punctatus are expected to be present (Branch 1998).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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