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.
Species The genus Afroedura contains 34 species that are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org.
Afroedura africana Afroedura amatolica – Amatola rock gecko Afroedura bogerti – Bogert's rock geckoBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Afroedura bogerti, p. 30; A. loveridgei, p. 161). Afroedura broadleyi – Broadley's rock gecko Afroedura donveae – Iona flat gecko Afroedura gorongosa Afroedura granitica – granite rock gecko Afroedura haackei – Haacke's rock gecko Afroedura halli Afroedura hawequensis – Cape rock gecko, Hawequa flat gecko Afroedura karroica Afroedura langi Afroedura leoloensis – Leolo rock gecko Afroedura loveridgei – Loveridge's rock gecko Afroedura major Afroedura maripi – Maripi rock gecko Afroedura marleyi – Marley's rock gecko, Marley's flat gecko Afroedura multiporis – Multipored rock gecko, Woodbush flat gecko Afroedura namaquensis – Namaqua rock gecko, Namaqua flat gecko Afroedura nivaria – Drakensberg rock gecko, Drakensberg flat gecko Afroedura otjihipa – Otjihipa flat gecko Afroedura pienaari – Pienaar's rock gecko Afroedura pondolia – Pondo rock gecko, Pondo flat gecko Afroedura pongola – Pongola rock gecko Afroedura praedicta – Serra da Neve flat gecko Afroedura pundomontana – Bocoio flat gecko Afroedura rondavelica – Rondavels rock gecko Afroedura rupestris Afroedura tembulica – Queenstown rock gecko, Tembu flat gecko Afroedura tirasensis Afroedura transvaalica – Transvaal rock gecko, Transvaal flat gecko Afroedura vazpintorum – Coastal flat gecko Afroedura waterbergensis – Waterberg rock gecko Afroedura wulfhaackei – Angolan flat gecko
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 (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (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).