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Rhoptropus diporus HAACKE, 1965

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymRhoptropus bradfieldi diporus HAACKE 1965: 12
Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus — BAUER et al. 1993
Rhoptropus diporus — BAUER & LAMB 2001
Rhoptropus diporus — ALEXANDER & MARAIS 2007
Rhoptropus diporus — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013
Rhoptropus diporus — SCHLEICHER 2020 
DistributionNamibia (Kamanjab area)

Type locality: Farm Twyfelfontein (about 20°37’S, 14°20’E, district Outjo, SWA (now Namibia).  
Reproductionoviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) 28238 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: A northern subspecies of the typical form, distinguishable by the presence of two enlarged preanal scales, bearing one pore each in males (Plate 3) but without pores in females (Plate 4). In females a dark spot may or may not be visible on these enlarged scales in the position where the pore exists in the males.” (Haacke 1965)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Greek di- (δι-), two; double + Greek poros (πόρος), passage; hole, for the two pores in the pre-anal scales (in males). 
References
  • Barts, M. & BALLANDAT, S. 2009. Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935 Reproduction. African Herp News (47): 39-40 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Bauer, A. M. & T. Lamb 2001. A reconsideration of the systematic status of Rhoptropus bradfieldi diporus HAACKE 1965. African Journal of Herpetology 50(2): 71-78 - get paper here
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Branch, William R. & Haacke, Wulf D. 1993. The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland, Namibia. Madoqua (Windhoek) 18 (2): 117-145. - get paper here
  • Cimatti, E. 2007. Namibia - Introduction to a vast territory. Reptilia (GB) (50): 58-67 - get paper here
  • Gates, Bruce C. 2010. Day Geckos of Damaraland: Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926, Rhoptropus boultoni Schmidt, 1933, and Rhoptropus diporus Haacke, 1965. Gekko 6 (1): 56-60
  • Haacke, W. D. 1965. Additional notes on the herpetology of South West Africa with descriptions of two new subspecies of geckos. Cimbebasia (11):1-39
  • 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
  • Hewitt, J. 1935. Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. 4: 283-357
  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - 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
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific  Society, 276 pp.
  • Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp.
  • Schneider, Christian and Mirko Barts. 2014. Die Geckos der Gattung Rhoptropus. Sauria 36 (3): 29-39 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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