Lygodactylus pauliani

Lygodactylus pauliani is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, pauliani, is in honor of French entomologist .

Geographic range

L. pauliani is found in southeastern Madagascar. The holotype was collected at an elevation of .

Habitat

The natural habitats of L. pauliani are forest, grassland, rocky areas, and shrubland.

Reproduction

L. pauliani is oviparous.

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. . (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).
• , 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).