Rhoptropus

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

The following species are recognized:[2]

References

  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

  • 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).