Английская Википедия:Barnard's Namib day gecko

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Barnard's Namib day gecko (Rhoptropus barnardi), also known commonly as Barnard's slender gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, barnardi, is in honor of South African zoologist Keppel Harcourt Barnard.[1]

Distribution and habitat

R. barnardi is found in Angola and Namibia.[2][3][4]

The preferred natural habitats of R. barnardi are savanna and rocky areas, at altitudes of Шаблон:Convert.[2]

Description

R. barnardi is the smallest species in its genus. Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of Шаблон:Convert. The maximum recorded SVL is Шаблон:Convert.[4]

Biology

R. barnardi is oviparous.[3] Clutch size is two eggs. Each egg measures on average Шаблон:Convert. Communal nesting sites may contain as many as 200 eggs.[4]

References

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Further reading

  • Gates BC (2010). "Day Geckos of Damaraland: Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926, Rhoptropus boultoni Schmidt, 1933, and Rhoptropus diporus Haacke, 1965". Gekko 6 (1): 56–60.
  • Goldberg SR (2009). "Rhoptropus barnardi. Reproduction". African Herp News (48): 15–16.
  • Hewitt J (1926). "Descriptions of New and Little-known Lizards and Batrachians from South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum 20 (6): 413–431 + Plates XXXV–XXXVII. (Rhoptropus barnardi, new species, pp. 413–415 + Plate XXXV, figures 1–3).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Rhoptropus barnardi, p. 109). (in German).


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  1. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Rhoptropus barnardi, p. 17).
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  4. 4,0 4,1 4,2 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. Шаблон:ISBN. (Rhoptropus barnardi, p. 267 + Plate 92).