''Paragehyra gabriellae'' 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
Madagascar.
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 ...
, ''gabriellae'', is in honor of
Malagasy herpetologist Gabriellà Raharimanana.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ]
. (''Paragehyra gabriellae'', p. 96).
Geographic range
''P. gabriellae'' is found in southern Madagascar in the vicinity of the cities
Tôlanaro and
Toliara.
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Habitat
The preferred habitat of ''P. gabriellae'' is forest at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''P. gabriellae'' 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
* 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. . (''Paragehra gabriellae'', p. 277).
* Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ (1994). "The genus ''Paragehyra'' (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) in southern Madagascar". ''Journal of Zoology'' 232 (1): 37–59. (''Paragehyra gabriellae'', new species).
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Paragehyra gabriellae'', p. 100). (in German).
Paragehyra
Reptiles of Madagascar
Reptiles described in 1994
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