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]
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 geckoNota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Afroedura .
^ "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).
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).