Rhoptropus is a genus of geckos endemic to Southern Africa, better known as Namib day geckos.
| Rhoptropus | |
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| Rhoptropus diporus at Twyfelfontein, Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Uroplatinae |
| Genus: | Rhoptropus W. Peters, 1869[1] |
Classification of genus Rhoptropus
editThe following species are recognized:[2]
- Rhoptropus afer W. Peters, 1869 — Namib day gecko
- Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926 — Barnard's Namib day gecko[3]
- Rhoptropus benguellensis Mertens, 1938 — Benguela day gecko
- Rhoptropus biporosus V. FitzSimons, 1957
- Rhoptropus boultoni K.P. Schmidt, 1933 — Boulton's Namib day gecko[3]
- Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935
- Rhoptropus diporus Haacke, 1965
- Rhoptropus montanus Laurent, 1964 — mountain day gecko
- Rhoptropus taeniostictus Laurent, 1964
References
edit- ^ "Rhoptropus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ Genus Rhoptropus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhoptropus barnardi, p. 17; R. boultoni, p. 35).
Further reading
edit- Bauer AE, Good DA (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics of the day geckos, genus, Rhoptropus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), of south-western Africa". Journal of Zoology 238 (4): 635–663.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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). (in Latin and German).
- Schneider C, Barts M (2014). "Die Geckos der Gattung Rhoptropus". Sauria 36 (3): 29–39. (in German).