Afroedura haackei

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 haackei

Name

Afroedura haackei Onderstall, 1984

• Holotype: TM 39540, adult ♂, collected by D. Onderstall on 8 December 1970.
• Type locality: “Farm Rhenosterkop (25°30’S, 31°00’E), 195 JU Nelspruit District, 6 km SE of Nelspruit, Transvaal [=Mpumalanga], South Africa”.
• Paratypes (n=3): TM 39539, adult ♂, collected on 8 December 1970; TM 39541, subadult ♂, collected on 27 December 1970; and TM 47806, adult ♂, collected in February 1976; all same locality and collector as for holotype.

Combinations

• Afroedura pondolia haackei Onderstall, 1984: 498 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Afroedura multiporis haackei — Jacobsen, 1990 [subsequent combination]
• Afroedura haackei — Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 474 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Native distribution areas

• South Africa: Mpumalanga Province.

References

Primary references

• Onderstall, D. 1984. Descriptions of two new subspecies of Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt) and a discussion of species groups within the genus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 33(30): 497–509. Reference page. 
• 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 haackei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
• Bates, M.F. & Bauer, A.M. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura haackei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T196897A197409743. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T196897A197409743.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Haacke's Rock Gecko