Rhoptropus
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| Rhoptropus | |
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| 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[1] |
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]
- Common Namib day gecko, Rhoptropus afer
- Barnard's Namib day gecko, Rhoptropus barnardi [3]
- Kaokoveld Namib day gecko, Rhoptropus biporosus
- 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
- Rhoptropus bradfieldi bradfieldi
- Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus
- Rhoptropus taeniostictus
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).
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