Wahlberg's Kalahari gecko valid: Wahlberg's Kalahari gecko Wahlberg's Kalahari gecko ("Colopus wahlbergii" ), also known commonly as the Kalahari ground gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. The specific name, "wahlbergii", is in honor of Swedish naturalist Johan August Wahlberg. "C. wahlbergii" is found in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. "C. wahlbergii" is a small, elongate, and pretty. Snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults is . "C. wahlbergii" is oviparous. The adult female lays a clutch of two eggs. The genus contains two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, which are recognized as
Desert pupfish finished spawning, she will flee in a "panicky" style with the male in pursuit. This chase lasts for about 5 minutes before the male swims to the bottom and both fish begin foraging. "C. macularius" are euryhaline and eurythermal, tolerating temperatures between approximately 4º and 45 °C and salinities ranging from 0 to 70 parts per thousand, exceeding the tolerances of virtually all other freshwater fish. The desert pupfish can also survive dissolved-oxygen concentrations as low as 0.13 ppm. The desert pupfish has been noted to be more abundant in environments with high vegetative cover, pH and salinity, and low