The Comoro ground gecko (''Paroedura sanctijohannis'') is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Gekkonidae. The species is
endemic to the
Comoro Islands.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''sanctijohannis'', refers to the island formerly called Johanna, now called
Anjouan.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Paroedura sanctijohannis'', p. 254).]
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of ''P. sanctijohannis'' is
forest, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''P. sanctijohannis'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.
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References
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).
Paroedura
Reptiles described in 1879
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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