Afroedura pongola

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Afroedura pongola Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 481

Holotype: TM 81210, adult ♂, collected by R.E. Newbery on 24 May 1981.
Type locality: “Godlwayo, 27°20′S, 31°25′E, Piet Retief District (2731 AD), Kwazulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa”.
Paratypes (n=11): TM 81211–81213, 81216 same data as holotype; TM 81208–81209, 81214, 81217–81218, same locality as holotype, collected by R.E. Newbery & W. Petersen on 19 November 1985; TM 81215, 81219–81220, “Farm Zwartkloof 60 HU, Piet Retief district (2731 BC)”, collected by R.E. Newbery on 21 May 1981.

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura pongola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
Tolley, K.A. & Bates, M.F. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura pongola (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T110193151A197426894. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110193151A197426894.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

English: Pongola Rock Gecko