Rhoptropus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Rhoptropus
Species: R. afer - R. barnardi - R. biporosus - R. boultoni - R. braconnieri - R. bradfieldi - R. taeniostictus
Name
Rhoptropus Peters, 1869

Rhoptropus is a genus of geckos endemic to Southern Africa, better known as Namib day geckos.
Classification of genus Rhoptropus

The following species are recognized:[2]

Rhoptropus afer W. Peters, 1869 — Namib day gecko
Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926 — Barnard's Namib day gecko[3]
Rhoptropus benguellensis Mertens, 1938 — Benguela day gecko
Rhoptropus biporosus V. FitzSimons, 1957
Rhoptropus boultoni K.P. Schmidt, 1933 — Boulton's Namib day gecko[3]
Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935
Rhoptropus diporus Haacke, 1965
Rhoptropus montanus Laurent, 1964 — mountain day gecko
Rhoptropus taeniostictus Laurent, 1964

References

"Rhoptropus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
Genus Rhoptropus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhoptropus barnardi, p. 17; R. boultoni, p. 35).

Further reading

Bauer AE, Good DA (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics of the day geckos, genus, Rhoptropus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), of south-western Africa". Journal of Zoology 238 (4): 635–663.
Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Rhoptropus, p. 217).
Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition. Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Rhoptropus, p. 266).
Peters W (1869). "Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57–66 + one plate. (Rhoptropus, new genus, p. 58). (in Latin and German).
Schneider C, Barts M (2014). "Die Geckos der Gattung Rhoptropus". Sauria 36 (3): 29–39. (in German).