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Ptenopus kochi HAACKE, 1964

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Koch's Chirping Gecko 
SynonymPtenopus kochi HAACKE 1964: 1
Ptenopus kochi — HAACKE 1976
Ptenopus kochi — KLUGE 1993
Ptenopus kochi — RÖSLER 2000: 107
Ptenopus kochi — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013
Ptenopus kochi — SCHLEICHER 2020 
DistributionNamibia (Gobabeb, Kuiseb River, SC Namib Desert)

Type locality: Gobabeb, central Namib Desert (23°37’S, 15°03’E, 408 m), SWA (now Namibia)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) 28809, adult male 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: A stoutly built ground gecko, similar in general appearance to the common Barking Gecko (Ptenopus garrulus), but usually bigger than specimens of the latter from the same localities. Body scales much smaller than the scales of other species of the genus, and consequently a greater number of scales round the middle of the body, viz. 187-222. Toes and fingers fringed laterally with elongate pointed scales. Yellow colour in males not restricted to the throat only, but extending over labials on to sides of snout, neck and body. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Charles Koch (1894-1970), an Austrian-born entomologist. He became the first Director of the Namib Desert Research Station (1962). 
References
  • Barts, Mirko 2018. Ein kleiner Reiseführer zu den Reptilien und Amphibien Namibias. Draco 16 (64): 6-23 [2015] - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
  • Haacke, W.D. 1964. Description of two new species of lizards and notes on Fitzsimonsia brevipes (FITZSIMONS) from the central Namib desert. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 25: 1-15
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here
  • Mashinini, P. L. and Mahlangu, L. M. 2013. An annotated catalogue of the types of gekkonid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 165-181
  • Murray, Ian W. and Hilary M. Lease. 2015. Ptenopus kochi (Koch's barking gecko) diurnal activity. Herpetological Review 46 (3): 436 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160
  • Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific  Society, 276 pp.
  • Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp.
 
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