Afroedura multiporis
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Description
Afroedura multiporis Group
Diagnosis. Two pairs of enlarged scansors per digit, tail not, or only faintly verticillate, rounded to slightly flattened, dorsal scales keeled, one or more internasals between nasorostrals.
Remarks. Onderstall (1984) mentioned the presence of keeled scales in members of this group but did not appreciate the phylogenetic value of this character. Jacobsen (1990, 1992a, 1997) identified A. multiporis ‘Lebombo’ as another member of this species complex. This putative species remains known from a single juvenile specimen. Although apparently distinctive in several features, the lack of adult material and the imperfect state of the specimen prevent us from describing this form at this time. This form was noted as Afroedura sp. nov. “Lebombo flat gecko” by Bourquin (2004).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Afroedura
- Species
- multiporis
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- 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, 497 - 509.
- Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1990) A Herpetological Survey of the Transvaal. Unpublished Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1621 pp.
- Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1992 a) Flat geckos (genus Afroedura) in the Transvaal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, 40, 22 - 25. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 04416651.1992.9650313
- Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1997) Family Gekkonidae, Genus Afroedura. In: Van Wyk, J. H. (Ed.), Proceedings of the FitzSimons Commemorative Symposium, South African Lizards: 50 years of Progress and Third H. A. A. Symposium on African Herpetology, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, 11 - 15 October 1993. Herpetological Association of Africa, Stellenbosch, pp. 34 - 39.
- Bourquin, O. (2004) Reptiles (Reptilia) in KwaZulu - Natal: 1 - Diversity and distribution. Durban Museum Novitates, 29, 57 - 103.