Flat gecko (Afroedura) diversity, endemism and speciation in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

Authors

  • W Conradie Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), Humewood, South Africa; Department of Nature Conservation Management, Natural Resource Science and Management Cluster, Faculty of Science, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa
  • J Lobón-Rovira CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal; Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED-Huíla), Lubango, Angola; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
  • FS Becker National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
  • A Schmitz Natural History Museum of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  • P Vaz Pinto CIBIO (Centro de Investigaçao em Biodiversidadee Recursos Genéticos), Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal; Fundaçao Kissama, Luanda, Angola

Keywords:

Afroedura, Angola, diversity, endemism, flat gecko, Namibia, speciation

Abstract

Nine species of African flat geckos (Afroedura) are known to be associated with the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia (HEAN). Among these, the Afroedura bogerti group is the most speciose (with seven species) and endemic to the HEAN. Phylogenetically, it constitutes a young species group that speciated during the early Pleistocene (∼1.91 mya). Although currently none of these species is regarded as threatened, their distribution falls largely outside protected areas which could compromise their future.

Monograph on endemism in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

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Published

2023-12-15

Issue

Vol. 8 (2023): Mendelsohn JM, Huntley BJ, Vaz Pinto P (eds). Monograph on endemism in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment

Section

Diversity and endemism

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