Lygodactylus pauliani
Lygodactylus pauliani is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]
| Lygodactylus pauliani | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. pauliani |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus pauliani Pasteur & Blanc, 1991 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, pauliani, is in honor of French entomologist Renaud Paulian.[3]
Geographic range
L. pauliani is found in southeastern Madagascar. The holotype was collected at an elevation of 1,100 m (3,600 ft).[2]
References
- Raxworthy CJ, Vences M (2010). "Lygodactylus pauliani ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178476A7554513. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178476A7554513.en. Downloaded on 07 July 2018.
- Lygodactylus pauliani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus pauliani, p. 201).
Further reading
- Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3. (Lygodactylus pauliani, p. 284).
- Krüger, Jens (2001). "Die madagassischen Gekkoniden. Teil II. Die Geckos der Gattung Lygodactylus Gray 1864 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Gekkota 3: 3-28. (in German).
- Pasteur G, Blanc CP (1991). "Un lézard parthénogénétique à Madagascar? Description de Lygodactylus pauliani sp. nov. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 13 (1-2): 209–215. (Lygodactylus pauliani, new species). (in French).
- Röll, Beate; Pröhl, Heike; Hoffmann, Klaus-Peter (2010). "Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 327–335.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Gekkotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Lygodactylus pauliani, p. 94). (in German).
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