Afroedura maripi

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 maripi

Name

Afroedura maripi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 477

• Holotype: TM 81262, adult ♂, collected by R.E. Newbery on 25 June 1982.
• Type locality: “Mariepskop, 24°32′S, 30°53′E, Pilgrim's Rest District (2430 DB), Limpopo Province, Republic of South Africa”.
• Paratypes (n=24): (all from same locality as holotype) TM 81248–81249, 81251–81255, 81257–81259, 81261, 81263–81264, same data as holotype; TM 81250, 81256, 81260, 81265, collected by N.H.G. Jacobsen on 29 October 1980; TM 58031–58032, collected by R.E. Newbery on 5 June 1984; TM 58118, collected by R.E. Newbery on 21 November 1984; TM 62907–62909, collected by R.E. Newbery on 21 February 1985; TM 64021, collected by R.E. Newbery on 1 June 1984.

References

Primary 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 maripi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
• Bates, M.F. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura maripi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T110191643A197426680. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110191643A197426680.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mariepskop Rock Gecko