Afroedura

Afroedura is a genus of African geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. Member species are collectively known as rock geckos or flat geckos.

In 2021, four new species of Afroedura were described from Angola.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref>

Species

The genus Afroedura contains 34 species that are recognized as being valid.<ref>Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref><ref name=":0" />

• Afroedura africana Template:Small
• Afroedura amatolica Template:Small – Amatola rock gecko
• Afroedura bogerti Template:Small – Bogert's rock gecko<ref name=EDR>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Afroedura bogerti, p. 30; A. loveridgei, p. 161).</ref>
• Afroedura broadleyi Template:Small – Broadley's rock gecko
• Afroedura donveae Template:Small – Iona flat gecko
• Afroedura gorongosa Template:Small
• Afroedura granitica Template:Small – granite rock gecko
• Afroedura haackei Template:Small – Haacke's rock gecko
• Afroedura halli Template:Small
• Afroedura hawequensis Template:Small – Cape rock gecko, Hawequa flat gecko
• Afroedura karroica Template:Small
• Afroedura langi Template:Small
• Afroedura leoloensis Template:Small – Leolo rock gecko
• Afroedura loveridgei Template:Small – Loveridge's rock gecko<ref name=EDR/>
• Afroedura major Template:Small
• Afroedura maripi Template:Small – Maripi rock gecko
• Afroedura marleyi Template:Small – Marley's rock gecko, Marley's flat gecko
• Afroedura multiporis Template:Small – Multipored rock gecko, Woodbush flat gecko
• Afroedura namaquensis Template:Small – Namaqua rock gecko, Namaqua flat gecko
• Afroedura nivaria Template:Small – Drakensberg rock gecko, Drakensberg flat gecko
• Afroedura otjihipa Template:Small – Otjihipa flat gecko
• Afroedura pienaari Template:Small – Pienaar's rock gecko
• Afroedura pondolia Template:Small – Pondo rock gecko, Pondo flat gecko
• Afroedura pongola Template:Small – Pongola rock gecko
• Afroedura praedicta Template:Small – Serra da Neve flat gecko
• Afroedura pundomontana Template:Small – Bocoio flat gecko
• Afroedura rondavelica Template:Small – Rondavels rock gecko
• Afroedura rupestris Template:Small
• Afroedura tembulica Template:Small – Queenstown rock gecko, Tembu flat gecko
• Afroedura tirasensis Template:Small
• Afroedura transvaalica Template:Small – Transvaal rock gecko, Transvaal flat gecko
• Afroedura vazpintorum Template:Small – Coastal flat gecko
• Afroedura waterbergensis Template:Small – Waterberg rock gecko
• Afroedura wulfhaackei Template:Small – Angolan flat gecko

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

Further reading

• Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. Template:ISBN. (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).

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