Paroedura

Paroedura stellata, adult male, from Mayotte Island

Taxonavigation

Ordo: Squamata
Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Paroedura

Name

• Paroedura Günther, 1879

Type species

• Paroedura sanctijohannis Günther, 1879.

Selected species

Paroedura sanctijohannis, Paroedura stellata

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
• Günther, A. 1879: On mammals and reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5), 3: 215-219.
• Hawlitschek, O., Glaw, F. (in press): The complex colonization history of nocturnal geckos (Paroedura) on the Comoros Archipelago. Zool. Scr.
• 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). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 46 (1): 74-81.