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
Hakskeenpan Hakskeenpan Hakskeenpan is a mud and salt pan in the Kalahari Desert, in Southern Africa. It is located in the Mier region in the Northern Cape Province, in South Africa, at above sea level. The pan covers an area of approximately 140 km (54mi). The present day Kalahari landscape—essentially an inland sand sea sitting within an uplifted sedimentary basin—is the result of a variety of interacting tectonic and geomorphological processes that have operated over considerable timescales. The initial development of the Kalahari was closely linked to the evolution of the African landmass following the break-up of the supercontinent Gondwanaland during