Rhoptropus nivimontanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Rhoptropus
Species: Rhoptropus nivimontanus

Name

Rhoptropus nivimontanus Parrinha, Marques, Tiutenko, Heinicke, Bauer & Ceríaco, 2025: 448

• Holotype: MUHNAC/MB03-1706, adult ♂, collected by Mariana P. Marques, Luís M.P. Ceríaco, Diogo Parrinha and Arthur Tiutenko on 27 October 2022.
• Type locality: “near Catchi village, Serra da Neve [-13.7618°, 13.2514°, 1614 m], Namibe Province, Angola”.

References

Primary references

• 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, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Rhoptropus nivimontanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Serra da Neve Day Gecko