Afroedura
| Afroedura | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Afroedura Loveridge, 1944[1] |
| Species | |
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27, see text | |
Afroedura is a genus of African geckos.
Species
The genus Afroedura contains 27 recognized species.[2]
- Afroedura africana (Boulenger, 1888) – African rock gecko
- Afroedura amatolica (Hewitt, 1925) – Amatola rock gecko
- Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 – Bogert's rock gecko
- Afroedura broadleyi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura granitica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura haackei (Onderstall, 1984)
- Afroedura halli (Hewitt, 1935)
- Afroedura hawequensis Mouton & Mostert, 1985 – Hawequa flat gecko, Cape rock gecko
- Afroedura karroica (Hewitt, 1925) – inland rock gecko
- Afroedura langi (V. Fitzsimons, 1930)
- Afroedura leoloensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura loveridgei Broadley, 1963
- Afroedura major Onderstall, 1984
- Afroedura maripi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura marleyi (V. FitzSimons, 1930)
- Afroedura multiporis (Hewitt, 1925)
- Afroedura namaquensis (V. FitzSimons, 1938)
- Afroedura nivaria (Boulenger, 1894) – Drakensberg rock gecko
- Afroedura pienaari Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt, 1925) – Pondo rock gecko
- Afroedura pongola Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura rondavelica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura rupestris Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura tembulica (Hewitt, 1926) – Queenstown rock gecko
- Afroedura tirasensis Haacke, 1965
- Afroedura transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925) – Transvaal rock gecko
- Afroedura waterbergensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Afroedura.
References
Further reading
- Branch, Bill 204. 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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