Afroedura transvaalica

Afroedura transvaalica

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 transvaalica

Name

Afroedura transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925)

• Syntypes: PEM R16072–73 (formerly AMG 5114; TMP 3491–2).
• Type locality: “N’jelele River, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal”.

Combinations

• Oedura transvaalica Hewitt, 1925: 350 [original combination]
• Afroedura transvaalica Loveridge, 1947: 267 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Oedura transvaalica platyceps Hewitt, 1925: 352
  • Holotype: SAM.
  • Type locality: “Umtali, Southern Rhodesia”.

Distribution

• Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

References

Primary references

• Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new species of Reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Record of the Albany Museum 3: 343–370.

Additional 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 transvaalica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 January 2023.
• Bates, M.F., Bauer, A.M., Pietersen, D., Verburgt, L., Farooq, H. & Chapeta, Y. 2020. IUCN: Afroedura transvaalica  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T196901A139763033. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196901A139763033.en. Accessed on 11 January 2023.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Transvaalse platgeitjie
English: Transvaal Rock Gecko