Ptenopus

• Diamond coast barking gecko Ptenopus adamanteus

  Adult males have minute hexagonal to round scales of similar size on the head and body, dorsally and ventrally. The limb scales are larger. Adult males have narrow, oblique ear openings. Adult males have elongate, flattened toes with elongate fringes. It inhabits small coastal dunes, sandy plains and deflation plains. It wanders on the surface away from its burrow at night and may remain active in cold, foggy weather. It is recorded from Grosse Bucht south of Lüderitz and the Sperrgebiet, Namibia.

• Southern barking gecko Ptenopus australis

  Adult males have minute hexagonal to round scales of similar size on the head and body, dorsally and ventrally. The limb scales are larger. Adult males have narrow, oblique ear openings. Adult males have elongate, slightly flattened toes with elongate fringes. The analysed calls recorded during full chorus were taken 20–40 minutes after sunset. It is recorded from Rooidraai and Doringkraal farms, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

• Carp’s barking gecko Ptenopus carpi

  Adults have an overall lean appearance. Adults have slender limbs. Adults have reduced toe fringes. It inhabits hard gravel plains within the coastal fog zone. It wanders over the ground away from its burrow at night and is active even in cold, foggy conditions. It is recorded between the Kuiseb and Swakop rivers and in the Rössmund area south of the Swakop, Namibia.

• Interdune barking gecko Ptenopus circumsyrticus

  Adult males have minute hexagonal to round scales of similar size on the head and body, dorsally and ventrally. The limb scales are larger. Adult males have narrow, oblique ear openings. Adult males have elongate, flattened toes with elongate fringes. It inhabits sandy interdune plains within the Namib sand sea and sandy plains along its northern and eastern edges. It is recorded from interdune plains south of the Kuiseb River near Gobabeb, Namibia.

• Common Barking Gecko Ptenopus garrulus

  Adults have a generally slender appearance. Adults have extensively fringed toes. Adults have pointed triangular scales forming lateral fringes on the fingers. It inhabits sandy flats, interdune plains, vegetated dunes and sandy hummocks. It is recorded from the Aha Hills and south of Windhoek, Namibia.

• Nama Barking Gecko Ptenopus kenkenses

  Adult males have minute hexagonal to round scales of similar size on the head and body, dorsally and ventrally. The limb scales are larger. Adult males have narrow, oblique ear openings. Adult males have elongate, flattened toes with moderately elongate fringes. It inhabits consolidated ground such as gravel, alluvial silt and compacted sand. It usually seals the burrow entrance from inside after calling ends and reopens it before calling begins. It is recorded near Giants’ Playground and at Koës in Namibia, and near Onseepkans in South Africa.

• Interdune Barking Gecko Ptenopus kochi

  Adults have an overall plump appearance. Adults have extensively fringed toes. Adults have elongated fringed scales along the fingers. Its main habitat is the dune plinth: loose sand at the dune base before the slope becomes steep. It is recorded from Gobabeb in the central Namib Desert, Namibia.

• Damaraland barking gecko Ptenopus maculatus

  Adults have a stout appearance. Adults have intermediately developed lateral toe fringes. Adults have one or two internasal scales in contact with the rostral scale. It inhabits hard ground: weathered granite gravel in the southern and central parts of its range, and silty patches of floodplains, riverbeds and pans in the north. It is recorded from the Erongo Region and the Hoanib River area, Namibia.

• Skeleton Coast barking gecko Ptenopus sceletus

  Adult males have minute hexagonal to round scales of similar size on the head and body, dorsally and ventrally. The limb scales are larger. Adult males have short, relatively broad, oblique ear openings. Adult males have elongate, moderately flattened toes with weak fringes. It inhabits compact gravelly ground within the coastal fog zone. It wanders over the surface away from its burrow at night and remains active in cold, foggy weather. It is recorded northeast of Swakopmund and in the Rössmund area south of the Swakop River, Namibia.