Rhoptropus

Rhoptropus
Rhoptropus diporus at Twyfelfontein, Namibia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
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

The 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

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

• Bauer AE, Good DA (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics of the day geckos, genus, Rhoptropus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), of south-western Africa". Journal of Zoology238 (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 Berlin1869: 57–66 + one plate. (Rhoptropus, new genus, p. 58). (in Latin and German).
• Schneider C, Barts M (2014). "Die Geckos der Gattung Rhoptropus". Sauria36 (3): 29–39. (in German).