Loveridge's rock gecko (Afroedura loveridgei) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Mozambique in southeastern Africa.
Etymology The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Afroedura loveridgei, p. 161).
Geographic range Afroedura loveridgei is found in central Mozambique. www.reptile-database.org.
Description The snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults of Afroedura loveridgei is usually .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. . (Afroedura loveridgei, p. 236).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Afroedura loveridgei is rock outcrops in arid savanna.
Diet The diet of Afroedura loveridgei consists of beetles, grasshoppers, and other insects.
Reproduction Afroedura loveridgei is oviparous. Eggs are laid in communal sites under flakes of rock. Each adult female lays a clutch of two eggs.
References
Further reading Bauer AM, Good DA, Branch WR (1997). "The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World “Phyllodactylus” and the description of five new genera". Proceedings of the California Acadademy of Sciences 49: 499–521. (Afroedura loveridgei, new taxonomic status, p. 453). Broadley DG (1963). "Three new lizards from South Nyasaland and Tete". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 6: 285–288. (Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei, new subspecies, p. 286). (Afroedura loveridgei, p. 57). (in German).