Loveridge's rock gecko
| Loveridge's rock gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Afroedura |
| Species: | A. loveridgei
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| Binomial name | |
| Afroedura loveridgei Broadley, 1963
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Loveridge's rock gecko (Afroedura loveridgei) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Mozambique in southeastern Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]Afroedura loveridgei is found in central Mozambique.[2]
Description
[edit]The snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults of Afroedura loveridgei is usually 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in).[4]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Afroedura loveridgei is rock outcrops in arid savanna.[4]
Diet
[edit]The diet of Afroedura loveridgei consists of beetles, grasshoppers, and other insects.[4]
Reproduction
[edit]Afroedura loveridgei is oviparous. Eggs are laid in communal sites under flakes of rock. Each adult female lays a clutch of two eggs.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Alexander GJ, Tolley KA (2021). "Afroedura loveridgei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T110191494A110191535. Https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T110191494A110191535.en Accessed on 05 March 2025.
- ^ a b Species Afroedura loveridgei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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. (Afroedura loveridgei, p. 236).
Further reading
[edit]- 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". Proceedings of the California Acadademy of Sciences 49: 499–521. (Afroedura loveridgei, new taxonomic status, p. 453).
- Broadley DG (1963). "Three new lizards from South Nyasaland and Tete". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 6: 285–288. (Afroedura transvaalica loveridgei, new subspecies, p. 286).
- Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekkanten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota. 2: 28–153. (Afroedura loveridgei, p. 57). (in German).
- Williams, E.E. (1982). "Arthur Loveridge — A Life in Retrospect". Breviora (471): 1–12.