On 3 June 2005 a large specimen of Pachydactylus scutatus was collected from the vertical surface of a 1.5 m diameter boulder adjacent to a northwest facing sandstone bluff near Gai-as, Khorixas District, Kunene Region, Namibia (20°43'52.9"S, 14°07'38.5" E; 2014CA) in a semi-desert area between the Ugab and Huab Rivers. The female specimen (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University MCZ R-184253) measures 50.7 mm SVL and has a broken tail.