.::::: Lizards of the World - Gekkota - Ptenopus :::::.
Last update: 12 May, 2003

Ptenopus is with its three species endemic to southern Africa.

Ptenopus carpi Brain, 1962

Distribution: Namibia.

Ptenopus garrulus (Smith, 1849)
  • garrulus (Smith, 1849)

  • maculatus Gray, 1865

    • Distribution: Botswana (garrulus), Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

    Ptenopus kochi Haacke, 1964

    Distribution: Namibia.

    Literature
    Branch, B. 1988. Field guide to the snakes and other reptiles of Southern Africa. New Holland Ltd., London, 328 pp.
    Hulbert, F. & D. Vogel. 1998. Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht des Bellgeckos Ptenopus garrulus. Zusammenfassungen DGHT Jahrestagung 1998: 11.
    Rösler, H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 256 pp.