.::::: Lizards of the World - Gekkota - Paroedura :::::.

Paroedura sp.
(© Jon Boone)

Paroedura is a large group of nocturnal species from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.

Paroedura androyensis (Grandidier, 1867)

Distribution: Southeastern Madagascar.

Paroedura bastardi (Mocquard, 1900)
  • bastardi (Mocquard, 1900)
  • ibityensis Rösler & Krüger, 1998

      Distribution: Western and southern Madagascar.

  • Paroedura gracilis (Boulenger, 1896)

    Distribution: Eastern and southern Madagascar.

    Paroedura homalorhinus (Angel, 1936)

    Distribution: Northern Madagascar.

    Paroedura karstrophila Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000

    Distribution: Madagascar.

    Paroedura lohatsara Glaw, Vences & Schmidt, 2001

    Distribution: Madagascar.

    Paroedura maingoka Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000

    Distribution: Madagascar.

    Paroedura masobe Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1994

    Distribution: Madagascar.

    Paroedura oviceps Boettger, 1881

    Distribution: Northwestern Madagascar.

     
    Paroedura picta
    (© Jan Grathwohl)
    Paroedura picta (Peters, 1854)

    Distribution: Madagascar.

    Paroedura sanctijohannis Günther, 1879

    Distribution: Anjouan, Johanna, Mayotte and Moheli, Comoro Islands.

    Paroedura stumpffi (Boettger, 1879)

    Distribution: Comoro Islands and northern Madagascar.

    Paroedura tanjaka Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000

    Distribution: Madagascar.

    Paroedura vahiny Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000

    Distribution: Madagascar.

    Paroedura vazimba Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000

    Distribution: Madagascar.

    Literature
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    Deley, A. 1998. Verzorging en kweek van de Pantergekko (Paroedura pictus). Lacerta, 57(2): 41-44.
    Glaw, F. & M. Vences. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second edition. Vences & Glaw Verlags GbR, Köln, 480 pp.
    Glaw, F., M. Vences & K. Schmidt. 2001. A new species of Paroedura Günther from northern Madagascar (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Spixiana, 24(3): 249-256.
    Henkel, F.-W. & W. Schmidt. 1995. Amphibien und Reptilien Madagaskars. DATZ-Atlanten, Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 312 pp.
    Klarsfeld, J. 1996. The Fecund Madagascar Ground Gecko (Paroedura pictus). Reptiles, 4(8): 56-68.
    Krüger, J. 1999. Neue Erkenntnisse zur Faunistik einiger Reptilien Madagaskars. Salamandra, 35(2): 65-76.
    Peters, W.C.H. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1854: 614-628.
    Peters, W.C.H. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt von Wilhelm C.H. Peters. Zoologie III. Amphibien. Druck und Verlag von G. Reimer, Berlin, xv + 191 pp.
    Rösler, H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 256 pp.
    Rösler, H. 1998. Zur Behandlung einer Rachitis bei der Aufzucht von Paroedura cf. bastardi (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota, 1: 193-198.