Afroedura waterbergensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Afroedura
Species: Afroedura waterbergensis

Name

Afroedura waterbergensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 488

• Holotype: TM 81266, adult ♂, collected by N.H.G. Jacobsen & R.E. Newbery on 20 January 1987.
• Type locality: “Farm Waterval 601 LQ, 23°53′S, 27°39′E, Waterberg District (2327 DC), Limpopo Province”, Republic of South Africa.
• Paratypes (n=7): TM 81267, 81269, 81273, “Farm Fancy 556 LQ, Waterberg District, Limpopo Province (2327 DC)”, collected by N.H.G. Jacobsen & R.E. Newbery on 22 January 1987; TM 81268, 81270, “Farm Fourieskloof 557 LQ, Waterberg District, Limpopo Province (2327 DC)”, collected by R.E. Newbery on 26 September 1979; TM 81271–81272, same data as for holotype.

References

Primary references

• Jacobsen, N.H.G., Kuhn, A.L., Jackman, T.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2014. A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa. Zootaxa 3846(4): 451–501. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura waterbergensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
• Bates, M.F. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura waterbergensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T110194686A197427220. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110194686A197427220.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Waterberg Rock Gecko