Afrogecko porphyreus

Afrogecko porphyreus

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: Afrogecko
Species: Afrogecko porphyreus

Name

Afrogecko porphyreus (Daudin, 1802)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA 6732.
• Type locality: “île Santo Domingo”, corrected to “Cape of Good Hope” by Fitzsimons (1943).

Combinations

• Gecko porphyreus Daudin, 1802: 130 [original combination]
• Phyllodactylus porphyreus — Duméril & Bibron, 1836: 393 [subsequent combination]
• Afrogecko porphyreus — Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997: 476 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Phyllodactylus porphyreus namaquensis Hewitt, 1935: 320 [synonymised by Bauer, Good & Branch (1997: 478)]
  • Holotype: PEM R16091 (formerly AMG 6943), collected by V.S. Peers on 28 August 1933.
  • Type locality: “Bitterfontein, Namaqualand”, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

• Phyllodactylus porphyreus cronwrighti Hewitt, 1937: 205 [synonymised by Bauer, Good & Branch (1997: 478)]
  • Syntypes (n=4): PEM R16085–6, R16087 (formerly AMG 7649) and R16088 (formerly AMG 7791), collected by Fred Cronwright, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Cape St. Francis”, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Native distribution areas

• Republic of South Africa: Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces; including islands off the west coast: Robben, Jutten, Dassen, Meeuw, Marcus, Malgas, and Schappen.

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Quatrième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 397 pp. + pls. XLVI–XLVIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitt, J. 1935. Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum 4: 283–357.
• Hewitt, J. 1937. Descriptions of South African lizards. Annals of the Natal Museum 8: 199–209.
• Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A. & Branch, W.R. 1997. The taxonomy of the Southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the description of five new genera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th Series 49(14): 447–497. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Branch, W.R. & Bauer, A.M. 1997. Notes on two poorly-known Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 4(2): 127–133.
• Conradie, W., Branch, W.R. & Watson, G. 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrogecko porphyreus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 June 2023.
• Tolley, K.A., Alexander, G.J., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D., Weeber, J. & Bates, M.F. 2022. IUCN: Afrogecko porphyreus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169704A197403911. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T169704A197403911.en. Accessed on 16 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko