Biology:Afroedura maripi

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Short description: Species of lizard


Mariepskop flat gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Afroedura
Species:
A. maripi
Binomial name
Afroedura maripi
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Mariepskop flat gecko distribution
  Extant (resident)

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]

References

  1. 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

  • Jacobsen, Niels HG (1992). "Flat geckos (genus Afroedura) in the Transvaal". The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 40 (1): 22–25. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18601302 entry