Rhoptropus

Rhoptropus afer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Rhoptropus
Species (9): R. afer – R. barnardi – R. benguellensis – R. biporosus – R. boultoni – R. bradfieldi – R. diporus – R. montanus – R. taeniostictus

Name

Rhoptropus Peters, 1869: 58

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Rhoptropus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 November 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Namib Day Geckos