Ptenopus

Ptenopus garrulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Ptenopus
Species (9): P. adamanteus – P. australis – P. carpi – P. circumsyrticus – P. garrulus – P. kenkenses – P. kochi – P. maculatus – P. sceletus

Name

Ptenopus Gray, 1866: 640

• Type species: Ptenopus maculatus Gray, 1866, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1866. Descriptions of two new genera of lizards from Damaraland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 640–642. BHL

Additional references

• Becker, F.S., Alexander, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2025. Singing on key: An integrative taxonomic revision of barking geckos (Gekkonidae: Ptenopus) with six additional species and keys for morphology and advertisement calls. Vertebrate Zoology 75: 277–323. DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e153514 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Ptenopus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 August 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: African Barking Geckos