Mocquard's Madagascar ground gecko

Mocquard's Madagascar ground gecko (Paroedura bastardi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Mocquard's Madagascar ground gecko
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Paroedura
Species:
P. bastardi
Binomial name
Paroedura bastardi
(Mocquard, 1900)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodactylus bastardi
    Mocquard, 1900
  • Paroedura bastardi
    — Dixon & Kroll, 1974

Etymology

The specific name, bastardi, is in honor of French paleontologist Eugène Joseph Bastard (1865–1910).[3]

Geographic range

P. bastardi is found in western and southern Madagascar.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. bastardi are forest, shrubland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 40–800 m (130–2,620 ft).[1]

Description

P. bastardi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of slightly more than 7 cm (2.8 in).[4]

Reproduction

P. bastardi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Raxworthy, C.J. (2011). "Paroedura bastardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172874A6933540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172874A6933540.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Paroedura bastardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Paroedura bastardi, p. 18).
  4. Mocquard (1900).

Further reading
  • Dixon JR, Kroll JC (1974). "Resurrection of the Generic Name Paroedura for the Phyllodactyline Geckos of Madagascar, and Description of a New Species". Copeia 1974 (1): 24–30. (Paroedura bastardi, new combination).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
  • Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnose d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus bastardi, new species, p. 346). (in French).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Paroedura bastardi, p. 100). (in German).



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