Afroedura africana

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 africana

Name

Afroedura africana (Boulenger, 1888)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.25.32.
• Type locality: “Damaraland”.

Combinations

• Oedura africana Boulenger, 1888: 137 [original combination]
• Afroedura africana — Loveridge, 1947: 263 [subsequent combination]

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1888. On new or little known South African reptiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 6, 2: 136–141. BHL

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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura africana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
• Bauer, A.M. & Becker, F. 2020. IUCN: Afroedura africana  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T196885A111462020. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196885A111462020.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: African Rock Gecko