Bauerius ansorgii

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: Bauerius
Species: Bauerius ansorgii

Name

Bauerius ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907)

• Syntypes (n=2): BMNH 1946.8.24.52–53, adult ♀, collected by W.J. Ansorge in July 1904.
• Type locality: “Maconjo, Benguela”, restricted to “the vicinity of the streams Conjo, Conjo Pequeno, and Cocumba (12°52′S, 13°21′E, 355 m asl), 20 km south of Uche, Benguela Province, Angola” by Vaz Pinto, Veríssimo & Branch (2019: 31).

Combinations

• Phyllodactylus ansorgii Boulenger, 1907: 212 [original combination]
• Afrogecko ansorgii — Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997: 476 [subsequent combination]
• Bauerius ansorgii — Lobón-Rovira, Conradie, Vaz Pinto, Keates, Edwards, Plessis & Branch, 2022: 410 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Angola: Benguela and Namibe provinces.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1907. Descriptions of three new lizards and a new frog, discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 19: 212—214. BHL
• Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A. & Branch, W.R. 1997. The taxonomy of the Southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the description of five new genera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th Series 49(14): 447–497. BHL Reference page. 
• Vaz Pinto, P., Veríssimo, L. & Branch, W.R. 2019. Hiding in the bushes for 110 years: rediscovery of an iconic Angolan gecko (Afrogecko ansorgii Boulenger, 1907, Sauria: Gekkonidae). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 29–41 (e182). Reference page. 
• Lobón-Rovira, J., Conradie, W., Vaz Pinto, P., Keates, C., Edwards, S., Plessis, A. & Branch, W.R. 2022. Systematic revision of Afrogecko ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from western Angola. Zootaxa 5124(4): 401–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.4.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 98: 1–469.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bauerius ansorgii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 June 2023.
• Vaz Pinto, P. 2020. IUCN: Afrogecko ansorgii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T169705A110197243. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T169705A110197243.en. Accessed on 16 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Ansorge’s Leaf-toed Gecko