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    Species Accepted

    Rhoptropus afer Peters, 1869

    Common Namib Day Gecko

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      4 results
      Common Namib Day Gecko English
      Namib Day Gecko English
      Namibisk Daggekko Danish
      Olive Slender Gecko English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      29 results
      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.
      Nagy, K.A., M.K. Seely & R. Buffenstein. (1993). Surprisingly Low Field Metabolic Rate of a Diurnal Desert Gecko, Rhoptropus afer. Copeia 1993 (1): 216-219.
      FitzSimons, V. (1957). Reptilia. Serpentes and Sauria. In: Hanström-Perbrinck, B., and G. Rudebeck, South African animal lite. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist and Wiksell, Stockholm, Pp. 385-405.
      Auerbach, R. D. (1987). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 Pp.
      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).
      Schneider, Christian and Mirko Barts. (2014). Die Geckos der Gattung Rhoptropus. Sauria 36 (3): 29-39.
      Peterson, C. C. (1990). Paradoxically low metabolic rate of the diurnal gecko Rhoptropus afer. Copeia 1990 (1): 233-237.
      Hedman, H. D., Chuga, S. C., Eifler, D. A., Hanghome, G. P., & Eifler, M. A. (2021). Microhabitat use of two sympatric geckos, Turner’s thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus turneri) and the Common Namib Day Gecko (Rhoptropus afer). Journal of Arid Environments, 188, 104448.
      Gates, Bruce C. (2008). Day Geckos of the Namib Desert: Rhoptropus afer Peters, 1869 and Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935. Gekko 5 (2): 2-5.
      Schleicher, & Alfred. (2020). Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 Pp.

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