Afroedura loveridgei

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

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Afroedura
Species: Afroedura loveridgei

Name

• Afroedura loveridgei Broadley, 1963: 286

Holotype: NMZB-UM 4030, adult ♂, collected by D.G. Broadley and L. Balarin on 11 December 1962.

Type locality: “five miles west of Tete, Mozambique”.

Combinations

• Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei Broadley, 1963: 286 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Afroedura loveridgei — Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997: 453 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1963. Three new lizards from south Nyasaland and Tete. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 13, 6(65): 285–288. DOI: 10.1080/00222936308651355 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura loveridgei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Loveridge’s Rock Gecko