Afrogecko Bauer, Good and Branch, 1997

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 : 178-179

Genus Afrogecko Bauer, Good and Branch, 1997

Afrogecko ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) ANSORGE’S GECKO (Endemic)

Phyllodactylus Ansorgii Boulenger 1907a:212 . Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.24.52-53 [2 specimens] (collector W.J. Ansorge). Type locality: “Maconjo, Benguela ” [= Fazenda Mucungo], Namibe Province, Angola.

Afrogecko ansorgii : Bauer et al. (1997:476), Bates et al. (2014:100), Heinicke et al. (2014:31), Ceríaco et al. (2016a:54).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated. Global distribution: The species is known only from Angola. Ocurrences in Angola ( Map 125 ): The species is known only from the type locality “Maconjo.” Namibe: “Maconjo (= Fazenda Mucungo)” [-14.782192, 12.486557] ( Boulenger 1907a:212; Bauer et al. 1997:478; Ceríaco et al. 2016a:54).

Taxonomic and distributional notes:

According to the original publication and

Bauer et al. (1997) the species is restricted to

Angola and known only from the type locality .

Heinicke et al. (2014) in a revision of the circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos concluded that the phylogenetic position of

Afrogecko ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) is unclear, although they tentatively retained this species in Afrogecko pending further data. The species has recently been rediscovered (W.R.

Branch, pers. comm., January, 2017) and is now known from several localities.

Figures

MAP 125. Distribution of Afrogecko ansorgii in Angola.