Afroedura africana (BOULENGER, 1888)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: African Rock Gecko
Synonym	Oedura africana BOULENGER 1888: 137 Afroedura africana — LOVERIDGE 1947: 263 Afroedura africana — JACOBSEN et al. 2014 Afroedura africana — RÖSLER 2018: 36
Distribution	Namibia, Republic of South Africa Type locality: restricted to Walfischbay, Damaraland, Südwest-Afrika (BOULENGER 1910)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.8.25.32 (and possibly additional specimens). Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 18094 [namaquensis] Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 28376, adult male [tirasensis]
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after its African origin.
References	Bauer, A. M., Ceríaco, L. M. P., Marques, M. P., & Becker, F. S. 2023. Highland reptiles of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment, 8, 259-276 - get paper here 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. 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 Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp. Rösler, Herbert; Frank Colacicc o & Bernd-Michael Zwanzig 2024. Bemerkungen zur Reproduktion von Afroedura africana (Boulenger, 1888) Sauria 46 (1): 55 Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific Society, 276 pp. Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.gekkota.org/html/a__africana.html Google images

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