page_title: Ptenopus
section_title: Species and subspecies
hierarchical_section_title: Ptenopus / Species and subspecies
caption_attribution_description: Nossob Camp, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, SOUTH AFRICA
context_page_description: Ptenopus is a small genus of lizards, known commonly as barking geckos, in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Southern Africa. There are only three described species in this genus.
context_section_description: The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.
  Ptenopus carpi Brain, 1962 – Namib chirping gecko
  Ptenopus garrulus (A. Smith, 1849) – common barking gecko
  Ptenopus garrulus garrulus (A. Smith, 1849)
  Ptenopus garrulus maculatus Gray, 1866
  Ptenopus kochi Haacke, 1964 – Koch's barking gecko
  Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Ptenopus.
caption: P. garrulus, barking
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