Afroedura
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Afroedura is a genus of scale reptiles from the gecko family(Gekkonidae).
features
The animals are characterized by an extremely flat physique. Even in the largest species, Afroedura hawaquensis , the body is nowhere more than 10 mm high. Larger species of this genus can reach a total length of up to 14 cm. The animals are mostly gray or brown in color, sometimes with dark transverse bands. Since the adhesive lamellae on the feet show a great similarity with those of the Australian genus Oedura , the species of the genus Afroedura were previously classified in this genus.
Distribution and way of life
The distribution area of this genus extends from southern Africa north to Angola . The animals are nocturnal rock inhabitants of the dry savannah and feed on insects. During the day they hide in crevices in the rock, in which the eggs are also laid.
species
The genus Afroedura currently includes 27 species:
- Afroedura africana (Boulenger, 1888)
- Afroedura amatolica (Hewitt, 1925)
- Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944
- Afroedura broadleyi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura granitica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura haackei Onderstall, 1984
- Afroedura halli (Hewitt, 1935)
- Afroedura hawequensis Mouton & Mostet, 1985
- Afroedura karroica (Hewitt, 1925)
- Afroedura langi (Fitzsimons, 1930)
- Afroedura leoloensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura loveridgei Broadley, 1963
- Afroedura major Onderstall, 1984
- Afroedura maripi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura marleyi (Fitzsimons, 1930)
- Afroedura multiporis (Hewitt, 1925)
- Afroedura namaquensis (Fitzsimons, 1938)
- Afroedura nivaria (Boulenger, 1894)
- Afroedura pienaari Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt, 1925)
- Afroedura pongola Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura rondavelica Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura rupestris Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
- Afroedura tembulica (Hewitt, 1926)
- Afroedura tirasensis Haacke, 1965
- Afroedura transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925)
- Afroedura waterbergensis Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackmann & Bauer, 2014
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Henkel, Wolfgang Schmidt: Geckos. Biology, keeping, breeding (= DATZ terrarium books. ). 2nd, completely revised edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3854-9 .
- Herbert Rösler: Geckos of the world. All genera. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig et al. 1995, ISBN 3-332-00549-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Rösler Geckos of the World. 1995, p. 93.
- ^ Afroedura in The Reptile Database ; accessed on March 23, 2015.
