Rhoptropus biporosus Fitzsimons, 1957

Ceríaco, L. M. P., De Sá, S., Bandeira, S., Valério, H., Stanley, E. L., Kuhn, A. L., Marques, M. P., Vindum, J. V., Blackburn, D. C. & Bauer, A. M., 2016, Herpetological Survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (2), pp. 15-61 : 27-28

TWO-PORED NAMIB DAY GECKO – Fig. 9

Rhoptropus biporosus Fitzsimons, 1957

MATERIAL.— INP, 29 November 2013, 16º32ʹ0.48ʺS, 12º26ʹ44.16ʺE, 378 m ( CAS 254779 , 16º39ʹ26.04ʺS, 12º26ʹ13.5ʺE, 460 m ( CAS 254780 ) ; INP, 20 km south-south-west (by air) of Espinheira, 30 November 2013, 16º55ʹ54.1ʺS, 12º14ʹ42.0ʺE, 631 m ( CAS 254786–254788 ) , 16º48ʹ43.19ʺS, 12º16ʹ16.55ʺE, 485 m ( CAS 254959 ) , Espinheira, 29 November 2013, 16º47ʹ19.9ʺS, 12º21ʹ27.4ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254794 ) , 16º47ʹ7.08ʺS, 12º21ʹ16.02ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254802–254803 ) , 16º47ʹ7.02ʺS, 12º21ʹ16.86ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254805 ) , 16º47ʹ4.26ʺS, 12º21ʹ16.62ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254811 ) , 16º47ʹ12.71ʺS, 12º21ʹ28.67ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254813 ) , 16º47ʹ20.2ʺS, 12º21ʹ27.9ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254958 ) , 30 November 2013, 16º47ʹ14.3ʺS, 12º21´29.4ʺE ( CAS 254820 ) , 16º47ʹ8.7ʺS, 12º21ʹ30.3ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254821 ) , 16º47ʹ18.1ʺS, 12º21ʹ26.2ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254822 ) , 16º47ʹ33.6ʹS, 12º21ʹ19.0ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254823 ) , 16º47ʹ41.5ʺS, 12º21ʹ17.3ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254824 ) , 16º47ʹ45.3ʺS, 12º21ʹ15.9ʺE, 457 m ( CAS 254825 ) ; NNP, 28 November 2013, 15º46ʹ27.4ʺS, 12º19ʹ59.2ʺE, 264 m ( CAS 254957–254958 ) .

COMMENTS.— The species occurs in the rocky outcrops in arid habitats inland of the northern Namib dune fields in the vicinity of Orupembe, in the Kaokoveld and across the Cunene River to Angola (Bauer and Good 1996). The only published record of this species for Angola is from the Pico Azevedo region (Bauer and Good 1996), although Wulf Haacke collected numerous specimens from localities across southern Namibe, as well as from near Otchinjau, Cunene Province (specimens in Ditsong National Museum of Natural History).

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FIGURE 9. Close-up of head of adult specimen of Two-Pored Namib Day Gecko, Rhoptropus biporosus FitzSimons, 1957 from northwest of Palmwag, Kunene Region, Namibia. Photo courtesy of Johan Marais.