Bauerius

Bauerius
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Bauerius ; Lobon-Rovira, Conradie, Vaz Pinto, Keates, Edwards, du Plessis, & Branch, 2022
Species:	B. ansorgii
Binomial name
	Bauerius ansorgii; (Boulenger, 1907)
Synonyms
	Phyllodactylus ansorgii; — Boulenger, 1907; Afrogecko ansorgii; — Bauer et al., 1997;

Last updated September 29, 2025

Bauerius ansorgii is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is indigenous to the west coast of Southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, ansorgii, is in honor of William John Ansorge, a physician who collected natural history specimens in Africa.^[3]

Geographic range

B. ansorgii is endemic to Angola.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of B. ansorgii are savanna and shrubland, at altitudes of 50–500 m (160–1,640 ft).^[1]

Description

B. ansorgii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5 cm (3.0 in), with a tail 3 cm (1.2 in) long. Dorsally, it is pale grayish brown. Ventrally, it is white with small brown spots. The upper lip is also white.^[4]

Behavior

B. ansorgii is nocturnal. It shelters by day in hollow branches of blackthorn ( Senegalia mellifera ), the branches having been made hollow by termite activity. It emerges at night to forage.^[1]

Reproduction

B. ansorgii is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Vaz Pinto, P. (2020). "Afrogecko ansorgii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T169705A110197243. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T169705A110197243.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 Species Bauerius ansorgii 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. (Afrogecko ansorgii, p. 10).
↑ Boulenger (1907).

Bauer AM, Good DA, Branch WR (1997). "The taxonomy of the Southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus " and the description of five new genera". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences49 (14): 447–497. (Afrogecko ansorgii, new combination, p. 476).
Boulenger GA (1907). "Descriptions of Three new Lizards and a new Frog, discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series19: 212–214. (Phyllodactylus ansorgii, new species, p. 212).
Vaz Pinto P, Veríssimo L, Branch WR (2019). "Hiding in the bushes for 110 years: rediscovery of an iconic Angolan gecko (Afrogecko ansorgii Boulenger, 1907, Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation13 (2) [Special Section]: 29–41.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Vaz Pinto, P. (2020). "Afrogecko ansorgii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T169705A110197243. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T169705A110197243.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Species Bauerius ansorgii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[3] 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. (Afrogecko ansorgii, p. 10).

[4] Boulenger (1907).

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