Angel's petite gecko

Angel's petite gecko
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Paragehyra
Species:	P. petiti
Binomial name
Paragehyra petiti Angel, 1929

Angel's petite gecko (Paragehyra petiti) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, petiti, is in honor of French ornithologist Louis Petit, fils (1856-1943).[3]

Geographic range

P. petiti is found in southwestern Madagascar, in the area that was formerly called Toliara Province.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of P. petiti are forest and rocky areas at altitudes near sea level.[1]

Reproduction

P. petiti is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P. (2011). "Paragehyra petiti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172952A6947359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172952A6947359.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Paragehyra petiti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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 petiti, p. 205).

Further reading

• Angel F (1929). "Description d'un gecko nouveau, de Madagascar ". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 54: 489–491. (Paragehyra petiti, new species). (in French).
• Glaw F, Schmidt K (2003). "Beobachtungen an Paragehyra petiti, einem lange Zeit verschollenen Gecko aus Madagaskar (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Gekkota 4: 34–39. (in German).
• 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. (Paragehyra petiti, p. 277).
• Rösler H (1995). Geckos der Welt: Alle Gattungen. Leipzig, Germany: Urania Verlag. 256 pp. ISBN 978-3332005493. (Paragehyra petiti, p. 139). (in German).