Afroedura rupestris

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 rupestris

Name

Afroedura rupestris Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014: 474

• Holotype: TM 81233, adult ♂, collected by R.E. Newbery on 28 June 1982.
• Type locality: “Farm Perkeo 223 KT, 24°27′S, 30°35′E, Sekukhuneland District (2430 BC), Limpopo Province, Republic of South Africa”.
• Paratypes (n=10): TM 81224–81228, 81230–81232, 81234–81235, same data as for holotype.

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 rupestris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
• Pietersen, D., Conradie, W., Weeber, J., Alexander, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura rupestris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T110194092A197427113. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110194092A197427113.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Abel Erasmus Rock Gecko