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*[[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. (''Rhoptropus'', new genus, p. 58). (in [[Latin]] and [[German language|German]]). |
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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 boultoni benguellensis Mertens, 1938
- Rhoptropus boultoni boultoni K.P. Schmidt, 1933
- Rhoptropus boultoni montanus Laurent, 1964
- Rhoptropus braconnieri (Thominot, 1878)
- Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935 — Bradfield's Namib day gecko
- Rhoptropus diporus Haacke, 1965
- Rhoptropus taeniostictus Laurent, 1964
References
- ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).