Afroedura rupestris, also known as the Abel Erasmus flat gecko, is a species of African gecko, first found in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa.[2]
| Abel Erasmus flat gecko | |
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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. rupestris
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| Binomial name | |
| Afroedura rupestris Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014
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References
edit- ^ Pietersen, D.; Conradie, W.; Weeber, J.; Alexander, G.J.; Tolley, K.A. (2022). "Afroedura rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T110194092A197427113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110194092A197427113.en. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ 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): 451–501. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25112263.
Further reading
edit- Perera, Sandun J., Dayani Ratnayake-Perera, and Serban Proches. "Vertebrate distributions indicate a greater Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany region of endemism." South African Journal of Science 107.7-8 (2011): 52–66.
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