Afroedura hawequensis

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Afroedura hawequensis Mouton & Mostert, 1985: 246

Holotype: TM 58437, adult ♂, collected on 24 November 1984.
Type locality: “The Hawekwa Mountains near Paarl, 33°41′05″S/19°05′42″E, Cape Province, South Africa, at an altitude of 1140 m”.
Paratypes (n=14): TM 58438, adult ♀; TM 58439-58443, two adult ♂ and three adult ♀; TM 58444-58446, subadults and TM 58447-58451, juveniles, same data as for holotype, except TM 58438, 58444, 58445 and 58447 collected on 11 November 1984.

Mouton, P.L.F.N. & Mostert, D.P. 1985. Description of a new species of Afroedura (Loveridge) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the south-western Cape. South African Journal of Zoology 20(4): 246–249.

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afroedura hawequensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 April 2022.
Bates, M.F. & Bauer, A.M. 2022. IUCN: Afroedura hawequensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T612A197396890. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T612A197396890.en. Accessed on 28 December 2022.

English: Hawequa Flat Gecko