Afroedura pienaari

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 pienaari

Name

Afroedura pienaari Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 490

• Holotype: TM 81144, adult ♂, collected by R.E. Newbery on 25 July 1981.
• Type locality: “Farm Bristol 760 MS, 22°59′S, 29°37′E, Soutpansberg District (2229 DC), Limpopo Province, Republic of South Africa”.
• Paratypes (n=23): TM 81133–81139, 81141–81143, 81145–81146, 81160– 81165, same data as holotype; TM 81140, same locality as holotype, collected by N.H.G. Jacobsen on 2 February 1979; TM 81175, “Farm Crimea 747 MS, Soutpansberg District, Limpopo Province (2229 DC)”, collected by N.H.G. Jacobsen on 1 February 1979; TM 81147–81153, “Farm Robertson 748 MS, Soutpansberg District, Limpopo Province (2229 DC)”, collected by R.E. Newbery on 24 July 1981; TM 81167–81169, “Farm Waterpoort 695 MS, Soutpansberg District, Limpopo Province (2229 DC)”, collected by R.E. Newbery on 24 July 1981; TM 81170–81173, “Farm The Moss 763 MS, Soutpansberg District, Limpopo Province (2229 DC)”, collected by R.E. Newbery on 7 November 1985.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura pienaari. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
• Bates, M.F. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura pienaari  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T110192130A197426791. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110192130A197426791.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Pienaar’s Rock Gecko