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Comoro ground gecko
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Paroedura
Species:	P. sanctijohannis
Binomial name
Paroedura sanctijohannis Günther, 1879
Synonyms
Paroedura sancti johannis Günther, 1879 Phyllodactylus sancti-johannis — Boulenger, 1885 Phyllodactylus sanctijohannis — Wermuth, 1965 Paroedura sanctijohannis — Kluge, 1993

The Comoro ground gecko (Paroedura sanctijohannis) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Comoros.

Etymology

The specific name, sanctijohannis, refers to the island formerly called Johanna, now called Anjouan.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. sanctijohannis is forest, at altitudes of 7–1,042 m (23–3,419 ft).

Reproduction

P. sanctijohannis is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Hawlitschek, O., Augros, S. & Webster, K.C. (2021). "Paroedura sanctijohannis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T189231040A189231133. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ^ Paroedura sanctijohannis 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. (Paroedura sanctijohannis, p. 254).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Phyllodactylus sancti-johannis, p. 86 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a).
• Günther A (1879). "On Mammals and Reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 3: 215–219. (Parœdura sancti johannis, new species, p. 218).
• Hawlitschek O, Glaw F (2012). "The complex colonization history of nocturnal geckos (Paroedura) in the Comoros Archipelago". Zoologica Scripta 42 (2): 135–150.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Paroedura sanctijohannis, p. 101). (in German).

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