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Afroedura halli

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Afroedura halli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Afroedura
Species:
A. halli
Binomial name
Afroedura halli
(Hewitt, 1935)
Synonyms[2]
  • Oedura halli
    Hewitt, 1935
  • Afroedura karroica halli
    Loveridge, 1947
  • Afroedura halli
    Branch, 1998

Afroedura halli, also known commonly as Hall's flat gecko or the inland rock gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, halli, is in honor of Charles Hall who collected the holotype.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bates MF, Bauer AM (2017). "Afroedura halli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T196890A110340359. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T196890A110340359.en. Downloaded on 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Afroedura halli ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. ^ 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 halli, p. 114).

Further reading

  • 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. (Afroedura halli, p. 233 + Plate 107).
  • Hewitt J (1935). "Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum 4: 283-357. (Oedura halli, new species, p. 321).