Afroedura is a genus of African geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. Member species are collectively known as rock geckos or flat geckos.
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| Transvaal flat gecko (A. transvaalica) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Uroplatinae |
| Genus: | Afroedura Loveridge, 1944[1] |
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In 2021, four new species of Afroedura were described from Angola.[2]
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ "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 edit
- 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).