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Uroplatus malahelo NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 1994

IUCN Red List - Uroplatus malahelo - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymUroplatus malahelo NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 1994: 320
Uroplatus malahelo — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 273 
DistributionS Madagascar

Type locality: west-facing slope of Ambatorongorongo Mountain, 5.3 km SE Manambaro, 25°4'45" S, 46°47'00" E, 350 m elevation, Tolanaro (Fort Dauphin) Fivondronana, Toliara (Tulear) Province, Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 201498, mature male, collected 10 October 1992, by Ronald A. Nussbaum. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small Uroplatus, maximum SVL 79 mm; snout short, 1.6 times eye length, depressed, rounded at tip, canthus rostralis barely expressed; body depressed; tail short, about 0.5 times the SVL, pygal portion with a short fleshy protuberance on each side, borders with shallow scalloping, rounded tip; no membranous lateral fringes except on postpygal portion of tail; rostral scale entire; superciliary scales granular, one posterior superciliary on each side with a short spine; jaw angle lying directly below posterior portion of orbit; dorsal and ventral scales homogeneous; dorsal coloration nearly uniform light tannish gray in life, with scattered small dark spots and streaks in preservative, but no regular pattern of bands or large spots; ventral coloration uniform light tan-brown, somewhat lighter toward the midline (Nussbaum & Raxworthy 1994).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe name "malahelo," pronounced "mawlahayloo," is a Malagasy word meaning "forlorn" or "sad," in reference to the fact that the only known locality for this species is a tiny, degraded patch of rainforest that was being cut and burned at the time the species was discovered. 
References
  • Andreone, F. & Randrianirina, J.E. 2007. The amphibians and reptiles of Kalambatritra, a little-known rainforest of south-easter n Madagascar. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 14 (1): 179-190
  • Gehring, Phillip-Sebastian 2020. Leaf-tailed Geckos – The Complete Uroplatus. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 383 pp., ISBN: 978-3-89973-349-5 [review in HR 53 (1): 171]
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Nussbaum, R. A. and C. RAXWORTHY 1994. A new species of Uroplatus DUMÉRIL (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Madagascar. Herpetologica 50 (3): 319-325. - get paper here
  • Ratsoavina, F. M., N. R. Raminosoa, E. E. Louis Jr., A. P. Raselimanana, F. Glaw & M. Vences 2013. An overview of Madagascar’s leaf tailed geckos (genus Uroplatus): species boundaries, candidate species and review of geographical distribution based on molecular data. Salamandra 49 (3): 115-148 - get paper here
  • Schönecker, P. 2006. Plattschwanzgeckos (Uroplatus). Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 pp. - get paper here
 
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