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Afroedura transvaalica (HEWITT, 1925)

IUCN Red List - Afroedura transvaalica - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Transvaal Rock Gecko, Transvaal Flat Gecko, Zimbabwe Flat Gecko, Limpopo Flat Gecko 
SynonymOedura transvaalica HEWITT 1925: 350
Oedura transvaalica platyceps HEWITT 1925: 352
Oedura transvaalensis — FITZSIMONS 1930: 24 (nom. subst.)
Afroedura transvaalica – LOVERIDGE 1947
Afroedura transvaalica platyceps – LOVERIDGE 1947: 266
Afroedura transvaalica — WERMUTH 1965
Afroedura transvaalica — AUERBACH 1987: 93
Afroedura transvaalica — RÖSLER 1995: 94
Afroedura transvaalica — BRANCH 1998: 234
Afroedura transvaalica — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013
Afroedura transvaalica — STANDER 2023: 137 
DistributionMozambique, Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

Type locality: N’jelele River, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal (22°53'0.91"S, 30°29'2.79"E)

platyceps: Type locality: Umtali  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: PEM R16072–73 (formerly AMG 5114; TMP 3491–2);also given as DNMNH (= TM) 3487–90, 3494. 
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CommentSubspecies: Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei BROADLEY 1963 has been elevated to full species status.

Key: for a key to the Afroedura transvaalica-group see Branch et al. 2021, with an update in Conradie et al. 2022: 449.

Group: The A. bogerti group consists of 7 species fide Conradie et al. 2022: bogerti, donveae, otjihipa, praedicta, pundomontana, vazpintorum, and wulfhaackei. This is a subgroup of the transvaalica group, which also includes transvaalica, loveridgei, and gorongosa. Morphological characters for the bogerti group are summarized in Conradie et al. 2022: 442 (Table 5). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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  • 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.
  • 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. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447-497. - get paper here
  • Branch WR, Schmitz A, Lobón-Rovira J, Baptista NL, António T, Conradie W 2021. Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with descriptions of four new endemic species from Angola. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 55-82 - get paper here
  • 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.
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  • BRANCH, WILLIAM R.; JENNIFER A. GUYTON, ANDREAS SCHMITZ, MICHAEL F. BAREJ, PIOTR NASKRECKI, HARITH FAROOQ, LUKE VERBURGT, MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL 2017. Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. Zootaxa 4324 (1): 142–160 - get paper here
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