Barnard's Namib day gecko explained

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]

The preferred natural habitats of R. barnardi are savanna and rocky areas, at altitudes of 200–.

Description

R. barnardi is the smallest species in its genus. Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3–. The maximum recorded SVL is 4.9cm (01.9inches).^[2]

Biology

R. barnardi is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs. Each egg measures on average 11.5x. Communal nesting sites may contain as many as 200 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.
• 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).

Notes and References

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