Paroedura stellata

Species: Paroedura stellata

Paroedura stellata, adult male with the common cryptic color pattern, from Mayotte Island

Paroedura stellata, adult male with contrasting color pattern, from Mayotte Island

Paroedura stellata, adult male with intermediate color pattern, from Mayotte Island

Paroedura stellata, juvenile, from Mayotte Island

Name

• Paroedura stellata Hawlitschek et Glaw, 2012

Synonyms

• Paroedura sancti johannis Günther, 1879
• Phyllodactylus sancti-johannis Boulenger, 1885

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.