Afroedura leoloensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Afroedura leoloensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 486

Holotype: TM 81113, adult ♂, collected by R.E. Newbery and W. Petersen on 15 November 1985.
Type locality: “Farm Hendriksplaats 281 KT, 24°38′S, 30°08′E, Lydenburg District, (2430 CA) Mpumalanga Province, Republic of South Africa”.
Paratypes (n=16): TM 81115, TM 81125, 81127, same data as for holotype; TM 81119, 81124, “Farm Maandagshoek 254 KT, Sekhukhuneland District, Limpopo Province (2430 CA)”, collected by N.H.G. Jacobsen on 25 October 1980; TM 81112, 81116–81118, same locality as TM 81119, collected by R.E. Newbery on 29 June 1982; TM 81126, “Farm Kalkfontein 367 KT, Lydenburg District, Mpumalanga Provicne (2430 CC)”, collected by N.H.G. Jacobsen on 23 April 1981; TM 81114, 81121, 81123, 81128, same locality as TM 81126, collected by R.E. Newbery and W. Petersen on 16 November 1985; TM 81122, “Kgoloko lokasie, Sekhukhuneland District, Limpopo Province (2429 DB)”, collected by R.E. Newbery on 27 October 1980; TM 81120, “Farm De Grooteboom 373 KT, Lydenburg District, Mpumalanga Province (2430 CC)”, collected N.H.G. Jacobsen on 23 October 1981.

Jacobsen, N.H.G., Kuhn, A.L., Jackman, T.R. & Bauer, A.M. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura leoloensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
Bates, M.F. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura leoloensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T110191406A197426580. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110191406A197426580.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

English: Leolo Rock Gecko