Afroedura maripi, also known as the Mariepskop flat gecko or Maripi rock gecko, is a species of African gecko, first found in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Afroedura |
| Species: | A. maripi
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| Binomial name | |
| Afroedura maripi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
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| Mariepskop flat gecko distribution
Extant (resident)
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References
edit- ^ Jacobsen, Niels H. G.; Kuhn, Arianna L.; Kuhn, Arianna L.; Jackman, Todd R.; Bauer, Aaron M. (2014). "A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa". Zootaxa. 3846 (4): 451. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25112263.
Further reading
edit- Jacobsen, Niels HG (1992). "Flat geckos (genus Afroedura) in the Transvaal". The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa. 40 (1): 22–25.
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