Afroedura Loveridge, 1944

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 177-178

Genus Afroedura Loveridge, 1944

Afroedura bogerti complex Loveridge, 1944 BOGERT’S ROCK GECKO

Afroedura karroica bogerti Loveridge 1944:1 , fig. 1. Holotype: AMNH 47841 (collectors H. and A. Chapman). Type locality: “Namba (Mombolo),” Kwanza Sul Province, Angola.

Aftoedura cf. bogerti : Branch (1998:232).

Afroedura bogerti : Bates et al. (2014:93), Jacobsen et al. (2014:467) , Branch et al. (2017:158).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is known from Angola and Namibia.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 124): The species was until recently only known from the type locality “Namba (Mombolo),” Kwanza

Sul Province. The current distribution comprise the southwestern regions along the coast from Kwanza Sul to Namibe Province. Kwanza Sul: “ Namba ( Mombolo )” [-11.91667,

14.85000] (Loveridge 1944:1); “on track from

Atome to Cassongue (vicinity of Missão da

Namba)” [-11.91719, 14.86086] ( Branch et al.

2017:162). Huambo: “ 10 km west of Soque ”

[-12.36256, 15.02847] ( Branch et al. 2017:

161); “ 1 km south Luimbale ” [-12.25369,

15.31689] ( Branch et al. 2017:162); “Candum-

bo Rocks, 16 km west of Vila Nova”

[-12.73600, 15.97439] ( Branch et al.

2017:162); “ 1 km west Kandumbo on road to

Boas Aguas” [-12.73614, 15.97442] (Branch et MAP 124. Distribution of Afroedura bogerti in Angola. al. 2017:162). Benguela: “ 3 km west of Bicoio” [-12.48278, 14.10689] ( Branch et al. 2017:162); “Praia do Meva (near Santa Maria)” [-13.39667, 12.58972] ( Branch et al. 2017:162). Namibe: “Lucira road, 5 km south of Catara River” [-13.60431, 12.64556] ( Branch et al. 2017:161); “turn off Morro do Chapéu Armando” [-14.52856, 12.50189] ( Branch et al. 2017:161); “small granite outcrops in succulent veld, 52 km N on tar road in road to Lucira from junction with Lubango- Namibe road” [-14.65806, 12.52717] ( Branch et al. 2017:162); “ 1 km east of Farm Mucongo” [-14.78361, 12.49694] ( Branch et al. 2017:162); “Granite outcrops in sandy veld, 50 km E Namibe on main tar road to Leba” [-15.01558, 12.55503] ( Branch et al. 2017:162); “Caraculo” [-15.02686, 12.65210] ( Branch et al. 2017:161); “Tambor” [-16.06669, 12.44997] ( Branch et al. 2017:161); “Furnas (? – ploted as nearest rock outcrops to centre of quarter-degree square (QDS) 1612Ab” [-16.39167, 12.14167] ( Branch et al. 2017:161); “Omauha Lodge, 15 km south of Tambor” [-16.20061, 12.40183] ( Branch et al. 2017:162); “ 0.5 km south of Tambor” [-16.07414, 12.43328] ( Branch et al. 2017:162).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: Onderstaal (1984) elevated the species to specific status ( Jacobsen et al. 2014). There is deep genetic divergence among Angolan populations, suggestive of a complex of several species ( Branch et al. 2017).