''Afroedura'' is a

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are collectively known as rock geckos or flat geckos. In 2021, four new species of ''Afroedura'' were described from

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The genus ''Afroedura'' contains 34 species that are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Afroedura africana'' *'' Afroedura amatolica'' – Amatola rock gecko *'' Afroedura bogerti'' – Bogert's rock gecko Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Afroedura bogerti'', p. 30; ''A. loveridgei'', p. 161). *'' Afroedura broadleyi'' – Broadley's rock gecko *'' Afroedura donveae'' – Iona flat gecko *'' Afroedura gorongosa'' *'' Afroedura granitica'' – granite rock gecko *'' Afroedura haackei'' – Haacke's rock gecko *'' Afroedura halli'' *'' Afroedura hawequensis'' – Cape rock gecko, Hawequa flat gecko *'' Afroedura karroica'' *'' Afroedura langi'' *''

Afroedura leoloensis ''Afroedura leoloensis'', also known as the Leolo rock gecko, is a species of African gecko, first found in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Souther ...

'' – Leolo rock gecko *'' Afroedura loveridgei'' – Loveridge's rock gecko *'' Afroedura major'' *'' Afroedura maripi'' – Maripi rock gecko *'' Afroedura marleyi'' – Marley's rock gecko, Marley's flat gecko *'' Afroedura multiporis'' – Multipored rock gecko, Woodbush flat gecko *'' Afroedura namaquensis'' – Namaqua rock gecko, Namaqua flat gecko *'' Afroedura nivaria'' – Drakensberg rock gecko, Drakensberg flat gecko *'' Afroedura otjihipa'' – Otjihipa flat gecko *'' Afroedura pienaari'' – Pienaar's rock gecko *'' Afroedura pondolia'' – Pondo rock gecko, Pondo flat gecko *'' Afroedura pongola'' – Pongola rock gecko *'' Afroedura praedicta'' – Serra da Neve flat gecko *'' Afroedura pundomontana'' – Bocoio flat gecko *'' Afroedura rondavelica'' – Rondavels rock gecko *'' Afroedura rupestris'' *'' Afroedura tembulica'' – Queenstown rock gecko, Tembu flat gecko *'' Afroedura tirasensis'' *'' Afroedura transvaalica'' – Transvaal rock gecko, Transvaal flat gecko *'' Afroedura vazpintorum'' – Coastal flat gecko *'' Afroedura waterbergensis'' – Waterberg rock gecko *'' Afroedura wulfhaackei'' – Angolan flat gecko ''

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'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Afroedura''.

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