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African gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Ancylodactylus
Species:	A. africanus
Binomial name
Ancylodactylus africanus Werner, 1895
Synonyms
Gymnodactylus africanus Cnemapsis africana

The African gecko (Ancylodactylus africanus) is a species of gecko found in Central Africa.

Two subspecies have been described before the change from Cnemaspis to Ancylodactylus.

- Cnemaspis africana africana

- Cnemaspis africana elgonensis

References

1. Howell, K.; Beraduccii, J.; Ngalason, W. (2014). "Cnemaspis africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T203832A2771731. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T203832A2771731.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. "Ancylodactylus africanus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
3. Cnemaspis africana at Animal Diversity Web

• Werner, F. 1896 Über einige Reptilien aus Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 45 :190-194.
• Rösler, H. 2000 Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
• Perret J L 1986 Revision des espèces africaines du genre Cnemaspis Strauch, sous-genre Ancylodactylus Muller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles. Revue suisse de Zoologie 93 (2) 1986: 457-505
• Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991 A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1-70
• Bauer,A.M. & Günther,R. 1991 An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310
• Atlas de la terrariophile Vol.3 : les lézards. Animalia Éditions, 2003. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1

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