SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROEDURA G~~NTHER(REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE), WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF FIVE NEW SPECIES RONALD A. NUSSBAUM AND CHRISTOPHER J.RAXWORTHY MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF ZOOLOC~UNIVERSITYOF MICHIGAN, NO. 189 Ann Arbor, May 3 1,2000 lSSN 0076-8405 MIS(:bLLrZNbOUS PUBI.l(:ATIONS MlJSEUM OF ZOO1,OC;Y. IlNlVEKSITY OF MICHI(;AN NO. 189 The p~rblicationsol'the Mlrsrunl ol' Zoology, Tlle Uriivrl-sity olMicllig;ul, consist prirri;rt.ily of two series-tlrr Occilsiollal Papers anti tlie Miscrllatieo~rsPublic;rtiotls. Botli scr.ics wc1.c forrlitlcd by 1)n Bryant Walker, MI-.Bt-atlshaw H. Swales, and DL W. W. Newcolnl). 0ccasioll;rlly tlic Musc~uli~~rrl~lisli~s cotitril)l~tiollso~ttsitle of'tliese set-ies; begimiilig ill 1990 tlicsc arc titled Sl~cci;lll'lrblications and arc. ~ll~lril~ered.All sul~riiittcd ~riaril~scr.ipts rcccivc extct.lral rcvic\r. 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S~slotnnticrrvisio.n o/ lhr gcl'c~:u,sParocdura Giin 1h.r ( Rq+~lilicr:Sqrrcrlnc~ln: Gdlio7~itlao) , with th~ dc?vcri/)lio,~~[fivc: ntqo s/)c~cic!,s.Mist. P~cbl.iI4us. Zool. lJniv. i\/lichige~n,189: 1-26, 12,/2g\, 7 tnl~h.The gekkonine ge nus Prrrocldurc~Giin thei-, c~ldc~llicto Madagascar and the Co~rioroIslands, previously co~itainedten species divided into two subgroups. Tlic first group consisted ofalargely northern ellclave of specics defined by haviiing the nostril ill contact with the rostral scale. This gl-oup included the type species, I! snri,clzjohe~nn~i\,So~md only in the Comoros, and six Madagascan species inclrlding 1-1 gmcilis, 1-1 g~i/)vn~,I! honmlorhinc~, I! mc~soOc: I? o-oicc;l,s,and P stun~#~//i.The second group, defined by having the ilostril cxcludcd fi.01~1contact with the rostral scale by interposition oS a prenasal scale, included three sot~tliernspecies, I? antlroy~~n,si,s,I? Dn.\lartli, and P j'icte~. Exa~niiiatioilof' type inaterial and recently collected specimens yielded considerable new information about tllc distribution and taxonomic relationships within the genus. I'(~roc~kumprihvor is show11 to be a,junior synonym of I? bnslnrcli. Five ncw Matlagascan specics are described, inclt~tlingthl-ce in the .scr.nclijoknnnzs-Gro~~pand two ill tlie pictc~-Gro~~p,bl-inging the total species for the gc.1111~to 14. These new species occur in nortllcrn, west-central, and southwestern Madagasca~;li~r the nlost part in transitional and dry fi)rest habitats. A distribution map for the new species and a key to the species oI'I'(~7-o~c/~rmis prese~lted. Iky words: Reptilia, Sql~tmata,Geltkonidac, I'(rrood1~7-e1,systematics, Madagascar, I? ~~~(~iilgolierII.SP., I! limi:t/o/)hilnn.sp., I? lavjnkn n.sp., I? 71nhiny~i.sp., I? ucczimhn 11.~11. CONTENTS PACE ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................................................................... ii INTR0I)UCTION ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 METIIODS AND MATERIAIS ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 SI.I\I [rs or; 1?11io1..1)1nt, I c:r/~li~~ir:DIX~N ANI) KIWI I...................................................................................................................................... 1 ~'ill<Ol~~l)lll<.AIillA8(;OK;l N. SI'. ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 l'~~ro~i~)i~~t..I KAI{.S.IOI~IIII..I N . 51'. .................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ~~ll?Ol:l~~l~I'I>IlV/ilh, I N . SI'. ................. .... .................................................................................................................................................. 10 P/II<~I,.I)~II~~I ~+~~II,vI . N . SI' ......................... ..... ....................................................................................................................................... I (j I'AI~~I.IJIJI~.,II~!ILI~LII~I N . 51'. ......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 (.HE(.I<I.IST OF PAROI:'L)UIII1 GUNTHEII, 1879, SPECIES .............................................................................................................. 23 IU<Y TO I'ILROBL)UIII1 SPECIES .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 1)ISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 ACICNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 25 LITERATURE CITED .............................................................................................................................................................................. 25 11.1. USTRATIONS FIGUIII;: PAGE Atlrllt P(I~O~(~ILT(Lmoingokn at type locality .......................................................................................................Cover . Molotypc of I'uroetl~rrc~~nc~ingokn in delcns~vepostlrre ........................................................................................... 2 Jllvenilc P(~t-oedurnrrtaii~goltokn ..........................................................................................................................