''Afroedura granitica'', also known as the granite rock gecko, is a species of African
gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from .
Geckos ar ...
, first found in the
Limpopo and
Mpumalanga province
Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...
s of
South Africa.
References
Further reading
*Perera, Sandun J., Dayani Ratnayake-Perera, and Serban Proches. "Vertebrate distributions indicate a greater Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany region of endemism." South African Journal of Science 107.7-8 (2011): 52–66.
External links
Reptile database entry
granitica
Endemic reptiles of South Africa
Reptiles described in 2014
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