Afroedura

Afroedura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Afroedura Loveridge, 1944[1]
Species
27

Afroedura is a genus of African geckos.

Species

The genus Afroedura contains 27 recognized species.^[2]

• Afroedura africana (Boulenger, 1888) – African rock gecko
• Afroedura amatolica (Hewitt, 1925) – Amatola rock gecko
• Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 – Bogert's rock gecko
• Afroedura broadleyi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
• Afroedura granitica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
• Afroedura haackei (Onderstall, 1984)
• Afroedura halli (Hewitt, 1935)
• Afroedura hawequensis Mouton & Mostert, 1985 – Hawequa flat gecko, Cape rock gecko
• Afroedura karroica (Hewitt, 1925) – inland rock gecko
• Afroedura langi (V. Fitzsimons, 1930)
• Afroedura leoloensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
• Afroedura loveridgei Broadley, 1963
• Afroedura major Onderstall, 1984
• Afroedura maripi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
• Afroedura marleyi (V. FitzSimons, 1930)
• Afroedura multiporis (Hewitt, 1925)
• Afroedura namaquensis (V. FitzSimons, 1938)
• Afroedura nivaria (Boulenger, 1894) – Drakensberg rock gecko
• Afroedura pienaari Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
• Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt, 1925) – Pondo rock gecko
• Afroedura pongola Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
• Afroedura rondavelica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
• Afroedura rupestris Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
• Afroedura tembulica (Hewitt, 1926) – Queenstown rock gecko
• Afroedura tirasensis Haacke, 1965
• Afroedura transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925) – Transvaal rock gecko
• Afroedura waterbergensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Afroedura.

References

Further reading

• Branch, Bill 204. Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Afroedura, p. 231).
• Loveridge A. 1944. New geckos of the genera Afroedura, new genus, and Pachydactylus from Angola. American Museum Novitates (1254): 1-4. (Afroedura, new genus, p. 1).