.::::: Lizards of the World - Gekkota - Afroedura :::::.

This genus is endemic to Africa and consist of the following species and subspecies followed by their respective distribution:

Afroedura africana (Boulenger, 1888)
  • africana (Boulenger, 1888)

  • namaquensis (FitzSimons, 1938)

  • tirasensis Haacke, 1965

    • Distribution: Namibia (africana, tirasensis), South Africa (namaquensis).

    Afroeudra amatolica (Hewitt, 1925)

    Distribution: South Africa.

    Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944

    Distribution: Angola.

    Afroedura hawequensis Mouton & Mostert, 1985

    Distribution: South Africa.

    Afroedura karroica (Hewitt, 1926)

  • karroica (Hewitt, 1926)

  • halli (Hewitt, 1935)
    •

    Distribution: South Africa (karroica) and Lesotho (halli).

    Afroedura nivaria (Boulenger, 1894)

    Distribution: South Africa and Lesotho.

    Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt, 1925)

  • pondolia (Hewitt, 1925)

  • haackei Onderstall, 1984

  • langi (FitzSimons, 1930)

  • major Onderstall, 1984

  • marleyi (FitzSimons, 1930)
  • multiporis (Hewitt, 1925)
    •

    Distribution: South Africa.

    Afroedura tembulica (Hewitt, 1926)

    Distribution: South Africa.

    Afroedura transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925)

  • transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925)
  • loveridgei Broadley, 1963
    •

    Distribution: Mozambiqua, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
    Afroedura species
    (© Jon Boone)
    Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei
    (© Jon Boone)
    Picturelinks
    Afroedura africana by Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell
    Afroedura bogerti by W.D. Haacke
    Afroedura hawequensis by W.D. Haacke
    Afroedura nivaria by W.D. Haacke
    Afroedura pondolia major by W.D. Haacke
    Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei by Anonymous
    Afroedura sp. by Lyle Puente
    Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei - juvenile
    (© Jon Boone)
    Literature
    Boulenger, G.A. 1888. On new or little-known South-African reptiles. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London), (6)2: 136-141.
    Boulenger, G.A. 1894(1895). Second Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the Natural-History Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894(4): 722-736.
    Branch, B. 1988. Field guide to the snakes and other reptiles of Southern Africa. New Holland Ltd., London, 328 pp.
    Broadley, D.G. 1963. Three New Lizards from South Nyasaland and Tete. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (London), (13)6: 285-288.
    Haacke, W.D. 1965. Additional Notes on the Herpetology of South West Africa with Descriptions of Two New Subspecies of Geckos. Cimbebasia, 11: 1-39.
    Kabisch, K. 2000. Exkursionen am Südrand des Erongo-Gebirges. DATZ, 53(4): 28-33.
    Rösler, H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 256 pp.