Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11104569 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F67087FF-5346-6D2F-FF97-5385AEF8B7D4 |
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Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926 |
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BARNARD’S NAMIB DAY GECKO – Fig. 8 View FIGURE
Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926 View in CoL
MATERIAL.— Approximately 7.35 km north-west (by road) of Pico Azevedo , 7 December 2013, 15º28ʹ30.7ʺS, 12º27ʹ47.5ʺE, 420 m ( CAS 254759 View Materials , CAS 254761 View Materials ); GoogleMaps Omauha Lodge, 4 December 2013, 16º12ʹ1.2ʺS, 12º24ʹ0.1ʺE, 343 m ( CAS 254837 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; INP, Rio Curoca crossing, North side of the river, 1 December 2013, 16º18ʹ6.8ʺS, 12º25ʹ13.0ʺE, 206 m ( CAS 254844 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; INP, Rio Curoca crossing, south side of the river, 1 December 2013, 16º18ʹ14.7ʺS, 12º25ʹ0.0ʺE, 210 m ( CAS 254846–254847 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; INP, Rio Curoca in the Pediva Hot Springs area , 2 December 2013, 16º17ʹ0.93ʺS, 12º33ʹ39.81ʺE, 247 m ( CAS 254852 View Materials ) GoogleMaps , 16º17ʹ14.3ʺS, 12º33ʹ35.9ʺE, 238 m ( CAS 254856 View Materials ) GoogleMaps , 16º17ʹ24.01ʺS, 12º33ʹ43.9ʺE, 270 m ( CAS 254863 View Materials ) GoogleMaps , Namibe-Lubango road, 2 km east (by road) of Mangueiras , south side of the road, 5 December 2013, 15º2ʹ40.8ʺS, 13º9ʹ32.6ʺE, 664 m ( CAS 254890 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; NNP, 28 November 2013, 15º46ʹ23.4ʺS, 12º19ʹ58.9ʺE, 264 m ( CAS 254954 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .
COMMENTS.— Until now, this species has been known only from one published locality in Angola. Laurent (1964a) cites the specimen from a locality “ 60 km on the road from Moçâmedes [presently Namibe] to Sá da Bandeira [presently Lubango]”, the same locality from which he described R. taeniostictus , which we also collected (see account below). This species is widely distributed in northwestern Namibia, occurring as far inland as the Otavi-Grootfontein region, due south of western Cuando Cubango Province. It is rupicolous and can be found on small rocky piles and ridges, as well as on larger boulders. The extent of its distribution in Angola is poorly known, in part becase many records from Namibe and Huila are assignable to a morphologically similar, but undescribed congener (see Rhoptropus sp. below).
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