Afroedura karroica

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 karroica

Name

Afroedura karroica (Hewitt, 1925)

• Syntypes: PEM R9479–503 (formerly AMG 5069), MCZ R-22090.
• Type locality: “Albany district, Cape Province”

Combinations

• Oedura karroica Hewitt, 1925: 348 [original combination]
• Afroedura karroica — Loveridge, 1947: 269 [subsequent combination]

Distribution

• Lesotho, Republic of South Africa

References

Primary references

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

Additional references

• Branch, W.R., Haacke, W., Pinto, P.V., Conradie, W., Baptista, N., Verburgt, L. & Verisimmo, L. 2017. Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 157–166. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10915 Reference page. 
• 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 karroica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2022.
• Bates, M.F. & Bauer, A.M. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura karroica  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T196891A197409498. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T196891A197409498.en. Accessed on 27 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Karoo Rock Gecko