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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: EC Angola (Cuanza)
Type locality: Namba (Mombolo), Cuanza Sul Province, Angola

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Bogert's rock gecko

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Bogert's rock gecko (Afroedura bogerti) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert.^[3]

Geographic range

A. bogerti is found in Angola and Namibia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. bogerti is rocky areas in savanna, at altitudes of 50–2,000 m (160–6,560 ft).^[1]

Description

Adults of A. bogerti have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in). Dorsally, the body is gray, with darker irregularly shaped crossbars. Ventrally it is white, speckled with brown.^[2]

Reproduction

A. bogerti is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Baptista N, Bauer AM, Becker F, Conradie W, Ceríaco LMP (2020). "Afroedura bogerti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110186919A110186950.en. Downloadedon 19 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Species Afroedura bogerti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Afroedura bogerti, p. 30).

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Bogert's rock gecko: Brief Summary