Rhoptropus

Rhoptropus
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]

• 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

1. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
2. 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).

Further reading

• 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; R. afer, 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; R. afer, R. barnardi, R. biporosus, R. boultoni, R. bradfieldi, pp. 267–268 + Plate 92).
• 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; Rhoptropus afer, new species, pp. 59–60 + Figure 2). (in Latin and German).