A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa Author Jacobsen, Niels H. G. Author Kuhn, Arianna L. Author Jackman, Todd R. Author Bauer, Aaron M. text Zootaxa 2014 3846 4 451 501 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1 317a43cd-c408-4fde-8374-357fbb9a0d53 1175-5326 250495 0DD5A603-D65F-4976-BBE9-94DA7110053F A. haackei stat. nov. Onderstall, 1984 ( Fig. 5 A) Distribution. Granite outcrops of the southern Lowveld of Mpumalanga province, South Africa (Bauer 2014h) ( Figs. 4 , 6 ). TM 49920 from Farm Scrutton 23MT (2230AD) (illustrated by Pienaar 1978 as A. transvaalica ) appears similar or identical to A. haackei ( Onderstall 1984 , Jacobsen 1990 ) and may represent a translocation. Remarks. This species was described as a subspecies of A. pondolia ( Onderstall 1984 ) , but was amended by Jacobsen (1990) to A. multiporis haackei . Our molecular data confirm the relationship of the two taxa, but based on substantial genetic differentiation ( Fig. 1 ) as well as differences in body size and precloacal pore counts (see Table 4 ), and their allopatric distribution, we here formally elevate A. haackei to specific rank. The species was previously listed in the South African Red Data Book as “Restricted” ( Jacobsen 1988a ) but is currently considered to be of Least Concern (Bauer 2014h).