[1] It was originally described as a new species and given its binomial name by South African herpetologist John Hewitt in 1925.

[1] Both the specific name, transvaalica, and the English common name, Transvaal flat gecko, are misnomers, in a sense, as A. transvaalica occurs almost exclusively in Zimbabwe; however, small populations with small distributions occur in northern Limpopo, South Africa and in north-western Mozambique.

[citation needed] A. transvaalica occurs in mesic savanna across Zimbabwe,[2] neither at high nor low altitude,[citation needed] rather associated with granite and sandstone outcrops,[2] at altitudes of 1,000 to 1,800 metres (3,300 to 5,900 ft).

[2] Sexual mature females of A. transvaalica lay a pair of hard-shelled eggs usually in a communal nesting site.

[2] It occurs only in suitable habitat around Tete in the Zambesi River Valley.