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Bibliography of the genus
Afroedura (Flat Geckos)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)

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Afroedura in general

Cogger, H.G. 1965. The comparative osteology and systematic status of the gekkonid genera Afroedura Loveridge and Oedura Gray. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89: 364-372.

Fast, F.M. 1996. The husbandry and breeding of a species of Afroedura, the African flat gecko. Dactylus 3(1): 9-12.

Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new Species of reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(4): 343-368.

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1992. Flat geckos (genus Afroedura) in the Transvaal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 40: 22-25.

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1997. Family Gekkonidae genus Afroedura. pp. 34-39. In: Wyk, J.H. van (ed.). Proceedings of the FitzSimons Commemorative Symposium (South African lizards: 50 years of progress) and Third H.A.A. Symposium on African herpetology: held at the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, 11-15 October 1993. Herpetological Association of Africa, Matieland. 227 pp.

Jacobsen, N.H.G.; Kuhn, A.L.; Jackman, T.R.; Bauer, A.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.

Loveridge, A. 1944. New geckos of the genera Afroedura new genus and Pachydactylus from Angola. American Museum Novitates 1254: 1-4.

Makhubo, B.G.; Tolley, K.A.; Bates, M.F. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the Afroedura nivaria (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) species complex in South Africa provides insight on cryptic speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82(A): 31-42.

Onderstall, D. 1975. Some taxonomic and zoogeographic aspects of the gecko genus Afroedura. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 14(1): 6.

Onderstall, D. 1984. Descriptions of two new subspecies of Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt) and a discussion of species groups within the genus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 33(30): 497-509.

Rösler, H. 1996. Die Reproduktion bei Plattgeckos (Afroedura Loveridge, 1944), mit Beschreibung der Haltung und Vermehrung von Afroedura t. transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925) im Terrarium. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 18(102): 14-18.

Russell, A.P.; Bauer, A.M. 1990. Oedura and Afroedura (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) revisited: similarities of digital design, and constraints on the development of multiscansorial subdigital pads? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(3): 473-486.

Afroedura amatolica

Branch, W.R.; Branch, R.E.; Branch, M.S. 1990. Afroedura amatolica. Amatola flat gecko. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 49.

Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new Species of reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(4): 343-368.

Afroedura bogerti

Barts, M.; Haacke, W.D. 2010. Natural history notes: Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944. Bogert's Flat Gecko. Reproduction. African Herp News 50: 39.

Branch, W.R.; Haacke, W.; Vaz Pinto, P.; Conradie, W.; Baptista, N.; Verburgt, L.; Verissimo, L. 2017. Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 157–166.

Loveridge, A. 1944. New geckos of the genera Afroedura new genus and Pachydactylus from Angola. American Museum Novitates 1254: 1-4.

Afroedura broadleyi

Jacobsen, N.H.G.; Kuhn, A.L.; Jackman, T.R.; Bauer, A.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.

Afroedura gorongosa

Branch, W.R.; Guyton, J.A.; Schmitz, A.; Barej, M.F.; Naskrecki, P.; Farooq, H.; Verburght, L.; Rödel, M.O. 2017. Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. Zootaxa 4324(1): 142–160.

Afroedura granitica

Afroedura halli

Power, J.H. 1939. A note on the habits, life history and distribution of Oedura halli Hewitt. South African Journal of Science 36: 374-6.

Afroedura hawequensis

Mouton, P. le F.N.; Mostert, D.P. 1985. Description of a new species of Afroedura (Loveridge) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the south-western Cape. South African Journal of Zoology 20(4): 246-249.

Mouton, P. le F.N.; Oelofsen, B.W.; Mostert, D.P. 1987. New data on threatened lizard species in the south-western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 83(1): 48-52.

Afroedura haackei

Onderstall, D. 1984. Descriptions of two new subspecies of Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt) and a discussion of species groups within the genus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 33(30): 497-509.

Afroedura karroica

Colacicco, F. 2017. Afrikanische Felsengeckos: Feldnotizen und Terrarienhaltung von Arten der Gattung Afroedura (Loveridge, 1944) Teil II: Afroedura karroica (Hewitt, 1925). Sauria (Berlin) 39(4): 35-40.

Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new Species of reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(4): 343-368.

Hewitt, J. 1926. Descriptions of some new species of batrachians and lizards from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 5: 435-448.

Webb, M. 1951. The cranial anatomy of the South African geckos Palmatogecko rangei (Andersson), and Oedura karroica (Hewitt). Annals of the University of Stellenbosch (A) 27: 131-165.

Afroedura langi

FitzSimons, V. 1930. Descriptions of new South African Reptilia and Batrachia, with Distribution Records of Allied Species in the Transvaal Museum Collection. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14(1): 20-48.

Afroedura leoloensis

Afroedura loveridgei

Broadley, D.G. 1963. Three new lizards from south Nyasaland and Tete. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 13) 6: 285-288.

Afroedura major

Afroedura maripi

Afroedura marleyi

Afroedura multiporis

Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new Species of reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(4): 343-368.

Afroedura namaquensis

Colacicco, F. 2016. Afrikanische Felsengeckos: Feldnotizen und Terrarienhaltung von Arten der Gattung Afroedura Loveridge, 1944 (Gekkonidae) Teil I: Afroedura namaquensis (FitzSimons, 1938). Sauria (Berlin) 38(1): 15-21.

FitzSimons, V. 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August, 1937. Reptiles and amphibians. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(2): 153-209.

Afroedura nivaria

Makhubo, B.G.; Tolley, K.A.; Bates, M.F. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the Afroedura nivaria (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) species complex in South Africa provides insight on cryptic speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82(A): 31-42.

Afroedura pienaari

Afroedura pondolia

Boon, R. 1990. Some interesting prey items. Albatross (Durban) 303: 20.

FitzSimons, V. 1930. Descriptions of new South African Reptilia and Batrachia, with Distribution Records of Allied Species in the Transvaal Museum Collection. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14(1): 20-48.

Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new Species of reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(4): 343-368.

Jacobsen, N.H.G.; Pienaar, U. de V. 1984. New reptile records from the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 26: 135-144.

Maddock, A.H.; Zaloumis, G. 1987. Additional and confirming records of the vertebrates and Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve with indications of rodent and ungulate abundances. Lammergeyer 38: 40-54.

Venter, J.A.; Conradie, W. 2015. A checklist of the reptiles and amphibians found in protected areas along the South African Wild Coast, with notes on conservation implications. Koedoe 57(1) (Art. 1247): 1-25.

Afroedura pongola

Afroedura rondavelica

Afroedura rupestris

Afroedura tirasensis

Haacke, W.D. 1965. Additional Notes on the Herpetology of South West Africa with Descriptions of two new Subspecies of Geckos. Cimbebasia 11: 1-40.

Afroedura transvaalica

Broadley, D.G. 1964. A note on the domestication of Afroedura transvaalica. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 22: 16-17.

Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new Species of reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(4): 343-368.

Joubert, S.C.J. 1977. Two new lizards for the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 20: 183.

Rösler, H. 1996. Die Reproduktion bei Plattgeckos (Afroedura Loveridge, 1944), mit Beschreibung der Haltung und Vermehrung von Afroedura t. transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925) im Terrarium. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 18(102): 14-18.

Tasman, K. 1958. Some Rhodesian geckos. Proceedings Rhod. sci. Ass. 46: 135-146.

Afroedura waterbergensis