Boulton's Namib day gecko explained

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

Etymology

The specific name, boultoni, is in honor of American ornithologist Wolfrid Rudyerd Boulton.^[1]

Geographic range

R. boultoni is found in Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. boultoni is rocky areas of savanna, at altitudes of 50–.

Description

Dorsally, R. boultoni is olive-brown to dark grey, mottled with maroon. Ventrally, it is lighter gray to bluish gray. Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.5–.^[2]

Reproduction

R. boultoni is oviparous. The adult female lays a clutch of two eggs.^[2]

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.
• Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Geckonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Rhoptropus boultoni boultoni, pp. 291–292).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Rhoptropus boultoni, p. 109). (in German).
• Schmidt KP (1933). "The Reptiles of the Pulitzer Angola Expedition". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 22 (1): 1–15. (Rhoptropus boultoni, new species, p. 7).

Notes and References

1. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]
2. [William Roy Branch|Branch, Bill]