Paroedura

Paroedura hordiesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Paroedura
Species (25): P. androyensis – P. bastardi – P. fasciata – P. gracilis – P. guibeae – P. homalorhina – P. hordiesi – P. ibityensis – P. karstophila – P. kloki – P. lohatsara – P. maingoka – P. manongavato – P. masobe – P. neglecta – P. oviceps – P. picta – P. rennerae – P. sanctijohannis – P. spelaea – P. stellata – P. stumpffi – P. tanjaka – P. vahiny – P. vazimba

Name

Paroedura Günther, 1879: 218

• Type species: Paroedura sanctijohannis Günther, 1879, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1879. On mammals and reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5 3: 215–219. BHL

Additional references

• Dixon, J.R. & Kroll, J.C. 1974. Resurrection of the Generic Name Paroedura for the Phyllodactyline Geckos of Madagascar, and Description of a New Species. Copeia 1974(1): 24–30. DOI: 10.2307/1443003 Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A new rainforest gecko of the genus Paroedura Gunther from Madagascar. Herpetological Natural History 2(1): 43–49. Reference page. 
• Rösler, H. & Krüger, J. 1998. Eine neue Unterart von Paroedura bastardi (Mocquard, 1900) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) aus dem zentralen Hochland von Madagascar. Sauria 20(2): 37–46. Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Günther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 189: 1–26. hdl: 2027.42/56432 Reference page. 
• Glaw, F., Vences, M. & Schmidt, K. 2001. A new species of Paroedura Günther from northern Madagascar. Spixiana 24(3): 249–256. BHL Reference page. 
• Jackman, T.R., Bauer, A.M., Greenbaum, E., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2008. Molecular phylogenetic relationships among species of the Malagasy-Comoran gecko genus Paroedura (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(1): 74–81. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.10.018 Reference page. 
• Hawlitschek, O. & Glaw, F. [2012] 2013. The complex colonization history of nocturnal geckos (Paroedura) in the Comoros Archipelago. Zoologica Scripta 42(2): 135–150. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12001 Reference page. 
• Glaw, F., Rösler, H., Ineich, I., Gehring, P.-S., Köhler, J. & Vences, M. 2014. A new species of nocturnal gecko (Paroedura) from karstic limestone in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 249–259.DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.8705 Reference page. 
• Glaw, F., Köhler, J. & Vences, M. 2018. Three new species of nocturnal geckos of the Paroedura oviceps clade from xeric environments of Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4433(2): 305–324. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.4 Reference page. 
• Köhler, J., Vences, M., Scherz, M.D. & Glaw, F. 2019. A new species of nocturnal gecko, genus Paroedura, from the karstic Tsingy de Bemaraha formation in western Madagascar. Salamandra 55(2): 73–81. PDF Reference page. 
• Miralles A., Bruy, T., Crottini, A., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Scherz, M.D., Schmidt, R., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2021. Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 27–48. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e59495 Reference page. 
• Piccoli, C., Belluardo, F., Lobón-Rovira. J., Alves, I.O., Rasoazanany, M., Andreone, F., Rosa, G.M. & Crottini, A. 2023. Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar. Zookeys 1181: 125–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1181.108134 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Paroedura . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 October 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Madagascar Ground Geckos

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