Loveridge's rock gecko

Loveridge's rock gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Afroedura
Species:
A. loveridgei
Binomial name
Afroedura loveridgei
Broadley, 1963
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[2]

Geographic range

A. loveridgei is found in central Mozambique.[1]

Description

The snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults of A. loveridgei is usually 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in).[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. loveridgei is rock outcrops in arid savanna.[3]

Diet

The diet of A. loveridgei consists of beetles, grasshoppers, and other insects.[3]

Reproduction

A. loveridgei is oviparous. Eggs are laid in communal sites under flakes of rock. Each adult female lays a clutch of two eggs.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d 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).


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