Afroedura maripi JACOBSEN, KUHN, JACKMAN & BAUER, 2014

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Maripi Rock Gecko
Synonym	Afroedura maripi JACOBSEN, KUHN, JACKMAN & BAUER 2014: 477 Afroedura ‘maripi’ — JACOBSEN 1992 Afroedura ‘maripi’ — JACOBSEN 1997
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Limpopo) Type locality: Mariepskop, 24°32' S, 30°53' E, Pilgrim's Rest District (2430DB), Limpopo Province, Republic of South Africa
Reproduction	oviparous. Two eggs are laid at a time during August–October. They are soft when laid, adhering to the rock and hardening, as has been reported for A. halli (Power 1939). The eggs measure 9.5–10.9 x 7.8–9.3 mm and take approximately two months to hatch. Neonates measure 23.0 mm SVL, 21.0 mm TailL, with a mass of 0.25-0.30 g.
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 81262, adult male, collector R. E. Newbery, 25 June 1982. Paratypes. (all from same locality as holotype) DNMNH (= TM) 81248–81249, 81251–81255, 81257–81259, 81261, 81263–81264, same data as holotype; DNMNH (= TM) 81250, 81256, 81260, 81265, collector N. H. G. Jacobsen, 29 October 1980; DNMNH (= TM) 58031–58032, collector R. E. Newbery, 5 June 1984; DNMNH (= TM) 58118, collector R. E. Newbery, 21 November 1984; DNMNH (= TM) 62907–62909, collector R. E. Newbery, 21 February 1985; DNMNH (= TM) 64021, collector R. E. Newbery, 1 June 1984.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large Afroedura (to 63 mm SVL) differing from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: two pairs of enlarged subdigital lamellae per digit; a single internasal granule between nasorostrals; tail not obviously verticillate, with 4–5 subcaudal rows and 6–8 supracaudal rows per verticil; dorsal scales smooth, in 96–108 rows at midbody; a single internasal scale; 11–13 precloacal pores in males.
Comment
Etymology	The species name refers to the local name for Mariepskop, the type locality.
References	Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1992. Flat Geckos Genus Afroedura in the Transvaal. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (40): 22-25 - get paper here Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1997. Family Gekkonidae, Genus Afroedura. In: Van Wyk, J.H. (Ed.), Proceedings of the FitzSimons Commemorative Symposium, South African Lizards: 50 years of Progress and Third H.A.A. Symposium on African Herpetology, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Afric Herpetological Association of Africa, Stellenbosch, pp. 34–39. 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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