Rhoptropus

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Rhoptropus
Species (10): R. afer – R. barnardi – R. benguellensis – R. biporosus – R. boultoni – R. bradfieldi – R. diporus – R. montanus – R. nivimontanus – R. taeniostictus
Name
- Type species: Rhoptropus afer Peters, 1869, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
- Peters, W. 1869. Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57–66. BHL
Additional references
- Bauer, A.M. & Lamb, T. 2001. A reconsideration of the systematic status of Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus Haacke 1965. African Journal of Herpetology 50(2): 71–78. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2001.9635452
Reference page. - Lamb, T. & Bauer, A.M. 2001. Mitochondrial Phylogeny of Namib Day Geckos (Rhoptropus) Based on Cytochrome b and 16S rRNA Sequences. Copeia 2001(3): 775–780. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0775:MPONDG]2.0.CO;2
Reference page. - Parrinha, D., Marques, M.P., Tiutenko, A., Heinicke, M.P, Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2025. A new species of Namib Day Gecko (Gekkonidae: Rhoptropus Peters, 1869) from the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola. Zootaxa 5569(3): 439–458. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.2
Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Rhoptropus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 May 2025.
Vernacular names
- English: Namib Day Geckos