Rhoptropus
Rhoptropus | |
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Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus at Twyfelfontein, Namibia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Gekkota |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
Genus: | Rhoptropus W. Peters, 1869[1] |
Rhoptropus is a genus of geckos endemic to Southern Africa, better known as Namib day geckos.
Classification of genus Rhoptropus
The following species and subspecies are recognized:[2]
- Rhoptropus afer W. Peters, 1869 — common Namib day gecko
- Rhotropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926 — Barnard's Namib day gecko[3]
- Rhoptropus biporosus V. FitzSimons, 1957 — Kaokoveld Namib day gecko
- Rhoptropus boultoni K.P. Schmidt, 1933 — Boulton's Namib day gecko
- Rhoptropus braconnieri (Thominot, 1878)
- Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935 — Bradfield's Namib day gecko
- Rhoptropus diporus Haacke, 1965
- Rhoptropus taeniostictus Laurent, 1964
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Rhoptropus, p. 217; R. afer, p. 217).
- Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition. Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Rhoptropus, p. 266; R. afer, R. barnardi, R. biporosus, R. boultoni, R. bradfieldi, pp. 267–268 + Plate 92).
- Peters W. 1869. "Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57-66 + one plate. (Rhoptropus, new genus, p. 58; Rhoptropus afer, new species, pp. 59–60 + Figure 2). (in Latin and German).
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