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Paragehyra gabriellae

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Raxworthy, C.J. |author-link=species:Christopher John Raxworthy |author2=Ratsoavina, F. |author2-link=species:Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina |author3=Rabibisoa, N. |author3-link=species:Nirhy Rabibisoa |author4=Rakotondrazafy, N.A. |author5=Bora, P. |date=2011 |title=Paragehyra gabriellae |volume=2011 |page=e.T172827A6925559 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172827A6925559.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Paragehyra

| species = gabriellae

| authority = Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1994

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Paragehyra gabriellae is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.{{NRDB species|genus=Paragehyra|species=gabriellae}}

Etymology

The specific name, 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.
{{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Paragehyra gabriellae, p. 96).

Geographic range

P. gabriellae is found in southern Madagascar in the vicinity of the cities Tôlanaro and Toliara.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of P. gabriellae is forest at altitudes of {{convert|120|-|240|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

P. gabriellae is oviparous.

References

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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. {{ISBN|978-3929449-01-3}}. (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).

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Category:Paragehyra

Category:Reptiles of Madagascar

Category:Reptiles described in 1994

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