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Paroedura androyensis (GRANDIDIER, 1867)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Grandidier's Madagascar Ground Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus androyensis GRANDIDIER 1867: 233
Phyllodactylus androyensis — BOULENGER 1885: 76
Diplodactylus porogaster BOULENGER 1896: 446 (fide ANGEL 1942)
Phyllodactylus androyensis — ANGEL 1942
Phyllodactylus androyensis — GUIBÉ 1956
Phyllodactylus androyensis — WERMUTH 1965: 133
Paroedura androyensis — KLUGE 1993
Paroedura androyensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 269
Paroedura androyensis — RÖSLER 2000: 100
Paroedura androjensis [sic] — LIEBEL et al. 2004: 30 
DistributionSE Madagascar (Saint Marie Island)

Type locality: Sancta Maria, Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.8.23.63 (and possibly additional specimens). 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the provenance of the species, the historical collecting locality in Androy, a region in the South of Madagascar. No Etymology given in the original description. 
References
  • Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp.
  • 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
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Descriptions of new lizards from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17: 444-449 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • D'Cruze, Neil; Annette Olsonn, David Henson, Sunil Kumar, and David Emmett. 2009. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Lower Onilahy River Valley, a Temporary Protected Area in Southwest Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 4: 62-79 - get paper here
  • Dixon, J. R., and J. C. Kroll. 1974. Resurrection of the generic name Paroedura for the phyllodactyline geckos of Madagascar, and description of a new species. Copeia 1974 (1): 24—30. - get paper here
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Glaw,F.; Schmidt, K. & Vences,M. 2003. Nachtgeckos aus Madagaskar. DATZ 56 (9): 6-11
  • Grandidier, A. 1867. Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie (Paris), Sér. 2, 19: 232-234
  • Guibé, J. 1956. Revision des espèces du genre Phyllodactylus Gray. Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar ser. A., 10: 245-250
  • 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
  • Langner, Christian; Beate Pfau, Marta Bernardes, Uwe Gerlach, Felix Hulbert, Mona van Schingen-Khan, Ulrich Schepp, Clara Arranz, Mario Riedling and Axel Kwet 2022. Evaluation of the Captive Breeding Potential of Selected Amphibian and Reptile Taxa Included in Appendices I and II at CITES CoP18 BfN-Skripten 627 - get paper here
  • Liebel, K.; Meyer, M. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Die Madagassischen Großkopfgeckos (Paroedura). Draco 5 (18): 28-39 - get paper here
  • Pejak, J. 2011. Madagaskar 2011: Auf der Suche - nicht nur nach Phelsuma gouldi. Der Taggecko 76: 4-9
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schönecker, P. 2017. Die madagassischen Großkopfgeckos der Gattung Paroedura. Reptilia (Münster) 22 (125): 1423
  • Schönecker, P. & Böhle, A. 2004. Die Geckogattungen Madagaskars. Draco 5 (19): 56-67 - get paper here
 
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