Wahlberg's Kalahari gecko 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 being
Kalahari Desert the Sahel or Sahara, where some stations record average temperatures of the warmest month around 38 °C, whereas the average temperature of the warmest month in any region in the Kalahari never exceeds 29 °C, though daily temperatures occasionally reach up to close to (44.8 °C at Twee Rivieren Rest Camp in 2012). The dry season lasts eight months or more, and the wet season typically from less than one month to four months, depending on location. The southwestern Kalahari is the driest area, in particular a small region located towards the west-southwest of Tsaraxaibis (Southeast of Namibia). The average