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Paroedura vazimba NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 2000

IUCN Red List - Paroedura vazimba - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymParoedura vazimba NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 2000: 19 
DistributionNW Madagascar

Type locality: Botanical Garden B, Ampijoroa Forest Station, 16°19’S, 46°49'E, 90 m elevation, Marovoay Fivonondroana, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 210515, adult female 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. We will relaease that material sometime next year. Please contact us if you need any of this data earlier than that. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after a Malagasy name for “little forest ghost”. 
References
  • Aprea, Gennaro; Franco Andreone, Domenico Fulgione, Agnese Petraccioli, and Gaetano Odierna 2013. Chromosomal Rearrangements Occurred Repeatedly and Independently during Species Diversification in Malagasy Geckos, Genus Paroedura. African Zoology Apr 2013, Vol. 48, No. 1: 96-108. - get paper here
  • Daoues, Karim & Francis Girard 2004. Note on a Malagasy Shipment with Geckos Belonging to the Genus Paroedura Gunther. Gekko 4 (1): 6-7
  • Evans, A. M., Marshal, J. P., & Alexander, G. J. 2021. Forest patch characteristics affect reptile occurrence in north‐western Madagascar. Austral Ecology - get paper here
  • Glaw,F.; Schmidt, K. & Vences,M. 2003. Nachtgeckos aus Madagaskar. DATZ 56 (9): 6-11
  • Jackman,Todd R.; Aaron M. Bauer, Eli Greenbaum, Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences 2008. Molecular phylogenetic relationships among species of the Malagasy-Comoran gecko genus Paroedura (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46 (1): 74-81 - get paper here
  • Liebel, K.; Meyer, M. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Die Madagassischen Großkopfgeckos (Paroedura). Draco 5 (18): 28-39 - get paper here
  • Meter, B., Kratochvíl, L., Starostová, Z., Kučera, T., & Kubička, L. 2024. Complex ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in a female-larger gecko: Implications of determinate growth for lizard body size and life-history evolution. Evolution & development, e12490 - get paper here
  • Nussbaum, R. A. & C. J. Raxworthy 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Günther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 189: 1-26 - get paper here
 
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