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
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A. marleyi
(
FitzSimons, 1930
)
(
Fig. 5
B)
Distribution.
Coastal plain of Zululand, Kwazulu-Natal inland to the Lebombo Mountains and through
Swaziland
to southeastern Mpumalanga, and possibly adjacent
Mozambique
(Bauer 2014f) (
Figs. 4
,
6
).
Remarks.
This species was previously considered a subspecies of
A. pondolia
(
Onderstall 1984
)
until elevated without comment by Branch (1998). Our samples come from a relatively limited area of the species’ range and we suspect that deeper sampling would reveal greater substructure within
A. marleyi
.