Afroedura tirasensis

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 tirasensis

Name

Afroedura tirasensis Haacke, 1965

• Holotype: TM 28376, adult ♂.
• Type locality: “Farm Tiras (about 26°12’S, 16°35’E), Bethanie district, Karas Province, SWA [=Namibia]”.

Combinations

• Afroedura africana tirasensis Haacke, 1965 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Afroedura namaquensis — Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 470 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

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 tirasensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
• Bauer, A.M. & Becker, F. 2020. IUCN: Afroedura tirasensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T196888A110191035. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196888A110191035.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: African Rock Gecko