Afroedura
Afroedura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
Genus: | Afroedura Loveridge, 1944[1] |
Species | |
27 |
Afroedura is a genus of African geckos. They are collectively known as rock geckos or flat geckos.
Species
The genus Afroedura contains 27 recognized species.[2]
- Afroedura africana (Boulenger, 1888)
- Afroedura amatolica (Hewitt, 1925) – (Amatola rock gecko)
- Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 – Bogert's rock gecko[3] - (Bogert's rock gecko)
- Afroedura broadleyi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 - (Broadley's rock gecko)
- 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)
- 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 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 rondavelica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 - (rondavel 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 waterbergensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 - (Waterberg rock 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.
- ↑ "Afroedura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
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).
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