Rhoptropus afer PETERS, 1869

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Namib Day Gecko
Synonym	Rhoptropus afer PETERS 1869: 59 Rhoptropus afer PETERS 1870: 658 Dactychylikion braconnieri THOMINOT 1878: 254 Dactychilikion [sic] braconnieri — BOULENGER 1885: 209 Rhoptropus afer — BOULENGER 1885: 217 Rhoptropus braconnieri — HEWITT 1910 Rhoptropus braconnieri — LOVERIDGE 1947: 286 Rhoptropus braconnieri — AUERBACH 1987: 93 Rhoptropus braconnieri — KLUGE 1993 Rhoptropus afer — KLUGE 1993 Rhoptropus afer — RÖSLER 2000: 109 Rhoptropus braconnieri — RÖSLER 2000: 109 Rhoptropus afer — SCHNEIDER & BARTS 2014
Distribution	Namibia (S Damaraland), S Angola Type locality: “Damaralande” [Namibia] braconnieri: Botswana; Type locality: S Ngami Lake, Bechuanaland (in error fide A. Bauer, pers. comm. 4 Oct 2014).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: ZMB 6149A (designated by LOVERIDGE 1947; see also BAUER & GÜNTHER 1991) Holotype: MNHN-RA 294 (1411B) [braconnieri]
Diagnosis
Comment	Max. SVL: 50-53 mm. Type species: Rhoptropus afer PETERS 1869: 59 is the type species of the genus Rhoptropus PETERS 1869. Synonymy: fide A. Bauer, pers. comm. 4 Oct 2014. Peters described this species twice, in two different papers, as new (in 1869 and 1870).
References	Auerbach, R.D. 1987. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp. 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. & Günther,R. 1991. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum , Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310 - 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. Bocage, J.V.B. de 1897. Mammiferos, aves e reptis da Hanha, no sertào de Benguella. (Segunda lista). Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physîcas e Naturaes, Lisboa (2) 14: 207-211 Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here Gamble, T; Greenbaum, E; Jackman, TR; Russell, AP; Bauer, AM 2012. Repeated Origin and Loss of Adhesive Toepads in Geckos. PLoS One 7 (6):10.1371/journal.pone.0039429 - get paper here Gates, Bruce C. 2008. Day Geckos of the Namib Desert: Rhoptropus afer Peters, 1869 and Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935. Gekko 5 (2): 2-5 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. 1910. A Key to the South African Species of Geckonidae, Scincidae, Gerrhosauridae, and Lacertidae, together with some Notes on the Specific Characters and a Brief Summary of the Known Facts of their Distribution. Annals Transvaal Mus. 2 (3): 77-115. - 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 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) Peters, WILHELM C. H. 1869. Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen. Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, 1869: 57-66 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific Society, 276 pp. Schneider, C.; Barts, M.; Müller, F. 2010. Lebensweise, Habitat und erste Erfahrungen bei der Haltung von Rhoptropus afer PETERS, 1869. Sauria 32 (1): 47-54 - get paper here Schneider, Christian and Mirko Barts. 2014. Die Geckos der Gattung Rhoptropus. Sauria 36 (3): 29-39 - get paper here Thominot, A. 1878. Note sur un nouveau genre de reptile de la famille des geckotiens. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 2:254-256 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/batraciens_reptiles.htm http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/gekkonidae/rhoptropus_afer.htm Google images

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