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Loveridge's rock gecko

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Species of lizard

Loveridge's rock gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Afroedura
Species: A. loveridgei
Binomial name
Afroedura loveridgei
Broadley, 1963
Synonyms
  • Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei
    Broadley, 1963
  • Afroedura loveridgei
    — Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997

Loveridge's rock gecko (Afroedura loveridgei) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southeastern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.

Geographic range

A. loveridgei is found in central Mozambique.

Description

The snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults of A. loveridgei is usually 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in).

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. loveridgei is rock outcrops in arid savanna.

Diet

The diet of A. loveridgei consists of beetles, grasshoppers, and other insects.

Reproduction

A. loveridgei is oviparous. Eggs are laid in communal sites under flakes of rock. Each adult female lays a clutch of two eggs.

References

  1. ^ Species Afroedura loveridgei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Afroedura loveridgei, p. 161).
  3. ^ 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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Afroeduraloveridgei, p. 236).

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". Proc. California Acad. Sci. 49: 499–521. (Afroedura loveridgei, new status, p. 453).
  • Broadley DG (1963). "Three new lizards from South Nyasaland and Tete". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Twelfth Series 6: 285–288. (Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei, new subspecies, p. 286).
Taxon identifiers
Afroedura loveridgei


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