Afroedura pongola

Taxonavigation

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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 pongola

Name

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Afroedura pongola Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 481

  • Holotype: TM 81210, adult ♂, collected by R.E. Newbery on 24 May 1981.
  • Type locality: “Godlwayo, 27°20′S, 31°25′E, Piet Retief District (2731 AD), Kwazulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa”.
  • Paratypes (n=11): TM 81211–81213, 81216 same data as holotype; TM 81208–81209, 81214, 81217–81218, same locality as holotype, collected by R.E. Newbery & W. Petersen on 19 November 1985; TM 81215, 81219–81220, “Farm Zwartkloof 60 HU, Piet Retief district (2731 BC)”, collected by R.E. Newbery on 21 May 1981.

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Pongola Rock Gecko