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
Sonoran Desert Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which covers large parts of the Southwestern United States in Arizona and California and of Northwestern Mexico in Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is the hottest desert in Mexico. It has an area of . The western portion of the United States–Mexico border passes through the Sonoran Desert. In phytogeography, the Sonoran Desert is within the Sonoran Floristic Province of the Madrean Region in southwestern North America, part of the Holarctic Kingdom of the northern Western Hemisphere. The desert contains a variety of unique and endemic plants