Afroedura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Afroedura
Species (34): A. africana – A. amatolica – A. bogerti – A. broadleyi – A. donveae – A. gorongosa – A. granitica – A. haackei – A. halli – A. hawequensis – A. karroica – A. langi – A. leoloensis – A. loveridgei – A. major – A. maripi – A. marleyi – A. multiporis – A. namaquensis – A. nivaria – A. otjihipa – A. pienaari – A. pondolia – A. pongola – A. praedicta – A. pundomontana – A. rondavelica – A. rupestris – A. tembulica – A. tirasensis – A. transvaalica – A. vazpintorum – A. waterbergensis – A. wulfhaackei

Name

Afroedura Loveridge, 1944: 1

Type species: Afroedura karroica bogerti Loveridge, 1944, by original designation.

References

Additional 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.
Makhubo, B.G., Tolley, K.A. & Bates, M.F. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the Afroedura nivaria (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) species complex in South Africa provides insight on cryptic speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82(A): 31–42. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.025 Reference page.
Branch, W.R., Guyton, J.A., Schmitz, A., Barej, M.F., Naskrecki, P., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L. & Rödel, M.-O. 2017. Description of A New Flat Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. Zootaxa 4324(1): 142–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8. Reference page.
Busschau, T., Conradie, W. & Daniels, S. 2019. Evidence for cryptic diversification in a rupicolous forest-dwelling gecko (Gekkonidae: Afroedura pondolia) from a biodiversity hotspot. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139: e106549. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106549 Reference page.
Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Baptista, N.L., António, T. & Conradie, W. 2021. Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with the description of four new endemic species from Angola. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 55–82. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.57202 Reference page.
Conradie, W., Schmitz, A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Becker, F.S., Vaz Pinto, P. & Hauptfleisch, M.L. 2022. Rock island melody remastered: two new species in the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group from Angola and Namibia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 435–453. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.86299 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Afroedura . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Thick-tailed Rock/Flat Geckos