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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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| name = ''Rhoptropus''
| name = ''Rhoptropus''
| image = Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus.jpg
| image = Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus.jpg
| image_caption = ''Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus'' at [[Twyfelfontein]], [[Namibia]]
| image_caption = ''[[Rhoptropus diporus]]'' at [[Twyfelfontein]], [[Namibia]]
| taxon = Rhoptropus
| taxon = Rhoptropus
| authority= [[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1869<ref>ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>
| authority= [[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1869<ref>"''Rhoptropus'' ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Rhoptropus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[gecko]]s [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Southern Africa]], better known as '''Namib day geckos'''.
'''''Rhoptropus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[gecko]]s [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Southern Africa]], better known as '''Namib day geckos'''.


==Classification of genus ''Rhoptropus''==
==Classification of genus ''Rhoptropus''==
The following [[species]] and [[subspecies]] are recognized:<ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
The following [[species]] are recognized:<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Rhoptropus}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>


*''[[Rhoptropus afer]]'' <small>[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1869</small> — common Namib day gecko
*''[[Rhoptropus afer]]'' <small>[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1869</small> — Namib day gecko
*''[[Rhotropus barnardi]]'' <small>[[John Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt]], 1926</small> — [[Keppel Harcourt Barnard|Barnard's]] Namib day gecko<ref>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).</ref>
*''[[Rhoptropus barnardi]]'' <small>[[John Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt]], 1926</small> — [[Keppel Harcourt Barnard|Barnard's]] Namib day gecko<ref name=EDR>[[Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|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).</ref>
*''[[Rhoptropus biporosus]]'' <small>[[:fr:Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons|V. FitzSimons]], 1957</small> — Kaokoveld Namib day gecko
*''[[Rhoptropus benguellensis]]'' <small>[[Robert Mertens|Mertens]], 1938</small> — Benguela day gecko
*''[[Rhoptropus boultoni]]'' <small>[[Karl Patterson Schmidt|K.P. Schmidt]], 1933</small> — Boulton's Namib day gecko
*''[[Rhoptropus biporosus]]'' <small>[[:fr:Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons|V. FitzSimons]], 1957</small>
**''[[Rhoptropus boultoni benguellensis]]'' <small>[[Robert Mertens|Mertens]], 1938</small>
*''[[Rhoptropus boultoni]]'' <small>[[Epic Games|K.P. Schmidt]], 1933</small> — [[Rudyerd Boulton|Boulton's]] Namib day gecko<ref name=EDR/>
**''[[Rhoptropus boultoni boultoni]]'' <small>K.P. Schmidt, 1933</small>
*''[[Rhoptropus bradfieldi]]'' <small>Hewitt, 1935</small>
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**''[[Rhoptropus boultoni montanus]]'' <small>[[:fr:Raymond Ferdinand Laurent|Laurent]], 1964</small>
*''[[Rhoptropus braconnieri]]'' <small>([[Alexandre Thominot|Thominot]], 1878)</small>
*''[[Rhoptropus bradfieldi]]'' <small>Hewitt, 1935</small> — Bradfield's Namib day gecko
*''[[Rhoptropus diporus]]'' <small>[[Wulf Dietrich Haacke|Haacke]], 1965</small>
*''[[Rhoptropus diporus]]'' <small>[[Wulf Dietrich Haacke|Haacke]], 1965</small>
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*''[[Rhoptropus montanus]]'' <small>[[:fr:Raymond Ferdinand Laurent|Laurent]], 1964</small> — mountain day gecko
*''[[Rhoptropus taeniostictus]]'' <small>Laurent, 1964</small>
*''[[Rhoptropus taeniostictus]]'' <small>Laurent, 1964</small>


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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*[[:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer|Bauer AE]], [[David A. Good|Good DA]] (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics of the day geckos, genus, ''Rhoptropus'' (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), of south-western Africa". ''Journal of Zoology'' '''238''' (4): 635–663.
*[[George Albert Boulenger|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.&nbsp;217; ''R. afer'', p.&nbsp;217).
*[[George Albert Boulenger|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.&nbsp;217).
*[[:fr:William Roy Branch|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.&nbsp;266; ''R. afer, R. barnardi, R. biporosus, R. boultoni, R. bradfieldi'', pp.&nbsp;267–268 + Plate 92).
*[[William Roy Branch|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.&nbsp;266).
*[[Wilhelm Peters|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.&nbsp;58; ''Rhoptropus afer'', new species, pp.&nbsp;59–60 + Figure 2). (in [[Latin]] and [[German language|German]]).
*[[Wilhelm Peters|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.&nbsp;58). (in [[Latin]] and [[German language|German]]).
*[[Christian Schneider (herpetologist)|Schneider C]], [[Mirko Barts|Barts M]] (2014). "''Die Geckos der Gattung'' Rhoptropus". ''Sauria'' '''36''' (3): 29–39. (in German).


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[[Category:Rhoptropus| ]]
[[Category:Rhoptropus| ]]
[[Category:Geckos]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters]]

Latest revision as of 11:12, 8 October 2021

Rhoptropus
Rhoptropus diporus at Twyfelfontein, Namibia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Uroplatinae
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[edit]

The following species are recognized:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rhoptropus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ Genus Rhoptropus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ 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).


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