Lygodactylus pauliani

Lygodactylus pauliani
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. pauliani
Binomial name
	Lygodactylus pauliani; Pasteur & Blanc, 1991

Last updated December 18, 2025

Lygodactylus pauliani is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, pauliani, is in honor of French entomologist Renaud Paulian.^[3]

Geographic range

L. pauliani is found in southeastern Madagascar. The holotype was collected at an elevation of 1,100 m (3,600 ft).^[2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of L. pauliani are forest, grassland, rocky areas, and shrubland.^[1]

Reproduction

L. pauliani is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Raxworthy CJ, Vences M (2010). "Lygodactylus pauliani ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178476A7554513. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178476A7554513.en. Downloaded on 07 July 2018.
1 2 3 Lygodactylus pauliani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus pauliani, p. 201).

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. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3. (Lygodactylus pauliani, p. 284).
Krüger, Jens (2001). "Die madagassischen Gekkoniden. Teil II. Die Geckos der Gattung Lygodactylus Gray 1864 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Gekkota3: 3-28. (in German).
Pasteur G, Blanc CP (1991). "Un lézard parthénogénétique à Madagascar? Description de Lygodactylus pauliani sp. nov. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris13 (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 Evolution56 (1): 327–335.
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Gekkotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus pauliani, p. 94). (in German).

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 Raxworthy CJ, Vences M (2010). "Lygodactylus pauliani ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178476A7554513. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178476A7554513.en. Downloaded on 07 July 2018.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Lygodactylus pauliani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus pauliani, p. 201).

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