Afroedura praedicta

Afroedura praedicta

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 praedicta

Name

Afroedura praedicta Branch, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, António & Conradie, 2021: 69

• Holotype: NB 854, adult ♂, collected by Pedro Vaz Pinto, Ninda L. Baptista and Telmo António on 30 November 2017.
• Type locality: “Serra da Neve (-13.77354, 13.24825, 1944 m a.s.l.), Namibe Province, Angola”.
• Paratypes (n=5): ZMB 91607 (former NB 853), NB 855, adult ♂, ZMB 91608 (former NB 1053), NB 1054, adult ♀; NB 1055, juvenile indet., same data as for holotype.

References

Primary references

• Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Baptista, N.L., António, T. & Conradie, W. 2021. Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with the description of four new endemic species from Angola. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 55–82. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.57202 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura praedicta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Serra da Neve Flat Gecko