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Rhoptropus
	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

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Rhoptropus is a genus of geckos endemic to Southern Africa, better known as Namib day geckos.

Classification of genus Rhoptropus

Common Namib day gecko, Rhoptropus afer
Barnard's Namib day gecko, Rhoptropus barnardi ^[2]
Kaokoveld Namib day gecko, Rhoptropus biporosus
Boulton's Namib day gecko, Rhoptropus boultoni
Rhoptropus braconnieri
Bradfield's Namib day gecko, Rhoptropus bradfieldi
- Rhoptropus bradfieldi bradfieldi
- Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus
Rhoptropus taeniostictus

References

^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. iii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhoptropus barnardi, p. 17).

[1] ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.

[2] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. iii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhoptropus barnardi, p. 17).

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 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia
 | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
+| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
 | classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
 | ordo = [[Squamata]]
+| subordo = [[Gekkota]]
 | familia = [[Gekkonidae]]
 | subfamilia = [[Gekkoninae]]
 | genus = '''''Rhoptropus'''''
+| genus_authority= [[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1869<ref>ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>
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-'''''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''==
-*Common Namib Day Gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus afer]]''
+*Common Namib day gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus afer]]''
-*[[Keppel Harcourt Barnard|Barnard's]] Namib Day Gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus barnardi]]'' <ref>Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. iii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (''Rhoptropus barnardi'', p. 17).</ref>
+*[[Keppel Harcourt Barnard|Barnard's]] Namib day gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus barnardi]]'' <ref>Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. iii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (''Rhoptropus barnardi'', p. 17).</ref>
-*Kaokoveld Namib Day Gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus biporosus]]''
+*Kaokoveld Namib day gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus biporosus]]''
-*Boulton's Namib Day Gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus boultoni]]''
+*Boulton's Namib day gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus boultoni]]''
 **''[[Rhoptropus boultoni benguellensis]]''
 **''[[Rhoptropus boultoni boultoni]]''
 **''[[Rhoptropus boultoni montanus]]''
 *''[[Rhoptropus braconnieri]]''
-*Bradfield's Namib Day Gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus bradfieldi]]''
+*Bradfield's Namib day gecko, ''[[Rhoptropus bradfieldi]]''
 **''[[Rhoptropus bradfieldi bradfieldi]]''
 **''[[Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus]]''