Afroedura namaquensis (FITZSIMONS, 1938)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Namaqua Flat Gecko, Namaqua Rock Gecko
Synonym	Oedura namaquensis FITZSIMONS 1938: 163 Afroedura namaquensis — LOVERIDGE 1947: 265 Afroedura namaquensis — WERMUTH 1965 Afroedura africana namaquensis — MERTENS 1971 Afroedura africana namaquensis — BRANCH 1981 Afroedura africana namaquensis — ONDERSTALL 1984 Afroedura africana namaquensis — WELCH 1994 Afroedura africana namaquensis — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013 Afroedura africana namaquensis — BATES et al. 2014: 90 Afroedura namaquensis — JACOBSEN et al. 2014
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Northern Cape Province) Type locality: Little Namaqualand, 32 miles from Springbok on the road to Kamaggas (Northern Cape Province), South Africa.
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 18094
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (33 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Boulenger,G.A. 1888. On new or little known South African reptiles. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 2: 136-141 - get paper here Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. COLACICCO, F. 2016. African Flat Geckos: Field notes and captive care of species of the genus Afroedura Loveridge, 1944 (Gekkonidae). Part I: Afroedura namaquensis (FitzSimons, 1938). Sauria 38 (1): 22 - get paper here Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937 - Reptiles and Amphibians. Annals Transvaal Mus. 19 (2): 153-209 - get paper here Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here JACOBSEN, NIELS H. G.; ARIANNA L. KUHN, TODD R. JACKMAN & AARON M. BAUER 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 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here Mashinini, P. L. and Mahlangu, L. M. 2013. An annotated catalogue of the types of gekkonid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 165-181 Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.gekkota.org/html/a__africana.html Google images

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