Afroedura karroica (HEWITT, 1925)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Karoo Flat Gecko, Inland Rock Gecko
Synonym	Oedura karroica HEWITT 1925: 348 Oedura karroica wilmoti HEWITT 1926: 446 (fide LOVERIDGE 1947) Afroedura karroica karroica — LOVERIDGE 1947: 269 Afroedura karrioca karroica — WERMUTH 1965 (in error) Afroedura karroica — WERMUTH 1965 Afroedura karroica — BRANCH 1998: 233 Afroedura karroica — BAUER in BATES et al. 2014: 93
Distribution	Republic of South Africa Type locality: Albany district, Cape Province
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: PEM R9479–503 (formerly AMG 5069), MCZ R-22090 etc. Syntypes (25): PEM R9479–503 (formerly AMG 5069) [wilmoti]
Diagnosis
Comment	Subspecies: Afroedura karroica halli (HEWITT 1935) is now considered as a valid species, hence karroica does not occur in Lesotho.
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. Branch, W. R. 1998. Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. 3rd ed. Fully Revised and Updated to Include 83 New Species. Ralph Curtis Books (Sanibel Island, Florida), 399 pp. Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. COLACICCO, F. 2017. Afrikanische Felsengeckos: Feldnotizen und Terrarienhaltung von Arten der Gattung Afroedura (Loveridge, 1944) Teil II: Afroedura karroica (Hewitt, 1925). Sauria 39 (4): 35-40 - get paper here CONRADIE, WERNER; WILLIAM R. BRANCH, & GILLIAN WATSON 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576 (1): 001–045 - get paper here Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new species of Reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. (Grahamstown) 3: 343-370 Hewitt, J. 1926. Descriptions of some new species of batrachians and lizards from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg) 5: 435-448 Hewitt, J. 1935. Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. 4: 283-357 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/gekkonidae/afroedura… http://darwin.biol.lu.se/zooekologi/jon/herpbild/hb85.htm Google images

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