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Genus of lizards
Afroedura is a
genus of
African
geckos ,
lizards in the
family
Gekkonidae . Member
species are collectively known as rock geckos or flat geckos .
In 2021, four new species of Afroedura were described from
Angola .
[2]
Species
The genus Afroedura contains 34 species that are recognized as being valid.
[3]
[2]
Afroedura africana (
Boulenger , 1888)
Afroedura amatolica (
Hewitt , 1925) – Amatola rock gecko
Afroedura bogerti
Loveridge , 1944 –
Bogert's rock gecko
[4]
Afroedura broadleyi
Jacobsen ,
Kuhn ,
Jackman &
Bauer , 2014 –
Broadley's rock gecko
Afroedura donveae
Branch ,
Schmitz ,
Lobón-Rovira ,
Baptista ,
António &
Conradie , 2021 – Iona flat gecko
Afroedura gorongosa Branch,
Guyton , Schmitz,
Barej ,
Naskrecki ,
Farooq ,
Verburgt &
Rödel , 2017
Afroedura granitica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 – granite rock gecko
Afroedura haackei (
Onderstall , 1984) –
Haacke's rock gecko
Afroedura halli (Hewitt, 1935)
Afroedura hawequensis
Mouton &
Mostert , 1985 – Cape rock gecko, Hawequa flat gecko
Afroedura karroica (Hewitt, 1925)
Afroedura langi (
V. Fitzsimons , 1930)
Afroedura leoloensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 – Leolo rock gecko
Afroedura loveridgei
Broadley , 1963 –
Loveridge's rock gecko
[4]
Afroedura major Onderstall, 1984
Afroedura maripi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 – Maripi rock gecko
Afroedura marleyi (
V. FitzSimons , 1930) – Marley's rock gecko, Marley's flat gecko
Afroedura multiporis (Hewitt, 1925) – Multipored rock gecko, Woodbush flat gecko
Afroedura namaquensis (V. FitzSimons, 1938) – Namaqua rock gecko, Namaqua flat gecko
Afroedura nivaria (Boulenger, 1894) – Drakensberg rock gecko, Drakensberg flat gecko
Afroedura otjihipa Conradie, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira,
Becker ,
Vaz Pinto &
Hauptfleisch , 2022 – Otjihipa flat gecko
Afroedura pienaari Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 –
Pienaar's rock gecko
Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt, 1925) – Pondo rock gecko, Pondo flat gecko
Afroedura pongola Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 – Pongola rock gecko
Afroedura praedicta Branch, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Becker, António & Conradie, 2021 – Serra da Neve flat gecko
Afroedura pundomontana Conradie, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Becker, Vaz Pinto & Hauptfleisch, 2022 – Bocoio flat gecko
Afroedura rondavelica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 –
Rondavels rock gecko
Afroedura rupestris Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
Afroedura tembulica (Hewitt, 1926) – Queenstown rock gecko, Tembu flat gecko
Afroedura tirasensis
Haacke , 1965
Afroedura transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925) – Transvaal rock gecko, Transvaal flat gecko
Afroedura vazpintorum Branch, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, António & Conradie, 2021 – Coastal flat gecko
Afroedura waterbergensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 – Waterberg rock gecko
Afroedura wulfhaackei Branch, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, António & Conradie, 2021 – Angolan flat gecko
Nota bene : A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Afroedura .
References
^ "Afroedura ". Dahms Tierleben . www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/Gekkonidae.
^
a
b
Branch, William R. ;
Schmitz, Andreas ;
Lobón-Rovira, Javier ;
Baptista, Ninda L. ;
António, Telmo ;
Conradie, Werner (2021).
"Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with descriptions of four new endemic species from Angola" . Zoosystematics and Evolution . 97 (1): 55–82.
doi :
10.3897/zse.97.57202 .
ISSN
1860-0743 .
^ Genus
Afroedura at
The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^
a
b
Beolens, Bo ;
Watkins, Michael ; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN
978-1-4214-0135-5 . (Afroedura bogerti , p. 30; A. loveridgei , p. 161).
Further reading
Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa . Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp.
ISBN
0-88359-042-5 . (Genus Afroedura , p. 231).
Loveridge A (1944). "New geckos of the genera Afroedura , new genus, and Pachydactylus from Angola". American Museum Novitates (1254): 1-4. (Afroedura , new genus, p. 1).