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Rhoptropus taeniostictus LAURENT, 1964

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymRhoptropus taeniostictus LAURENT 1964: 33
Rhoptropus taeniostictus — KLUGE 1993
Rhoptropus taeniostictus — BAUER & GOOD 1996
Rhoptropus taeniostictus — RÖSLER 2000: 109
Rhoptropus taeniostictus — SCHNEIDER & BARTS 2014
Rhoptropus taeniostictus — MARQUES et al. 2018 
DistributionAngola (Mossamedes)

Type locality: km 60 on the street from Mossamedes to Sá da Bandeira, Mossamedes district.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MD = Museu Dundo 1967, female juvenile 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin taenia, meaning "ribbon, stripe or band” and Greek stiktos (στικτός), punctured, spotted. 
References
  • Bauer A M. Good D A. 1996. Phylogenetic systematics of the day geckos, genus Rhoptropus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), of south-western Africa. Journal of Zoology 238 (4): 635- 663 - get paper here
  • Ceríaco, Luis M. P.; Mariana P. Marques, Ilunga André, Esteves Afonso, David C. Blackburn & Aaron M. Bauer 2020. ILLUSTRATED TYPE CATALOGUE OF THE “LOST” HERPETOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS OF MUSEU DO DUNDO, ANGOLA. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (7): 379-440 - get paper here
  • Laurent, R.F. 1964. Reptiles et batraciens de l'Angola (troisième contribution). Companhia de Di amantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços Culturais, Museu do Dundo (Angola), No. 67, 165 pp.
  • Lobón-Rovira J, Heinicke MP, Bauer AM, Conradie W, Vaz Pinto P. 2025. Three New Endemic Species of Namib Day Geckos (Gekkonidae: Rhoptropus) From the Namibe Province, Angola. Ecol Evol. 15 (7): e71609 - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
  • Parrinha, D., Marques, M. P., Bauer, A. M., & Ceríaco, L. M. 2026. An Updated Checklist and Atlas of the Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 91(4), 319-397 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schneider, Christian and Mirko Barts 2014. Die Geckos der Gattung Rhoptropus. Sauria 36 (3): 29-39 - get paper here
 
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