Comoro ground gecko
The Comoro ground gecko (Paroedura sanctijohannis) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Comoro Islands.[2]
| Comoro ground gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Paroedura |
| Species: | P. sanctijohannis |
| Binomial name | |
| Paroedura sanctijohannis Günther, 1879 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
The specific name, sanctijohannis, refers to the island formerly called Johanna, now called Anjouan.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. sanctijohannis is forest, at altitudes of 7–1,042 m (23–3,419 ft).[1]
References
- Hawlitschek, O., Augros, S. & Webster, K.C. (2021). "Paroedura sanctijohannis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T189231040A189231133. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Paroedura sanctijohannis, p. 254).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Phyllodactylus sancti-johannis, p. 86 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a).
- Günther A (1879). "On Mammals and Reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 3: 215–219. (Parœdura sancti johannis, new species, p. 218).
- Hawlitschek O, Glaw F (2012). "The complex colonization history of nocturnal geckos (Paroedura) in the Comoros Archipelago". Zoologica Scripta 42 (2): 135–150.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Paroedura sanctijohannis, p. 101). (in German).
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