Species

Rhoptropus crypticus

Rhoptropus crypticus · described by LOBÓN-ROVIRA, HEINICKE, BAUER, CONRADIE & VAZ-PINTO 2025

Rhoptropus afer, a close relative of Rhoptropus crypticus

Pictured: Rhoptropus afer, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Rhoptropus crypticus
First described
LOBÓN-ROVIRA, HEINICKE, BAUER, CONRADIE & VAZ-PINTO 2025
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Gekkonidae
Genus
Rhoptropus

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree