Afroedura gorongosa

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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 gorongosa

Name

Afroedura gorongosa Branch, Guyton, Schmitz, Barej, Naskrecki, Farooq, Verburgt & Rödel, 2017: 150

• Holotype: ZMB 83293, adult ♂, collected by M.-O. Rödel and M.F. Barej on 11 December 2015.
• Type locality: “western flank of Mount Gorongosa, Gorongosa National Park, Sofala Province, Mozambique (1038 m a.s.l., 18˚28’04.3”S, 34˚02’53.2”E)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura gorongosa. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2017.
• Tolley, K.A., Verburgt, L., Alexander, G.J., Conradie, W., Farooq, H., Raimundo, A. & Sardinha, C.I.V. 2019. IUCN: Afroedura gorongosa  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T120686294A120906458. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T120686294A120906458.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Gorongosa Flat Gecko