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Mocquard's Madagascar Ground Gecko
Paroedura bastardi (Mocquard, 1900)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Mocquard's Madagascar ground gecko (Paroedura bastardi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is a moderately-sized reptile reaching just over 7 cm (2.8 in) in snout–vent length. The species is endemic to southeastern Madagascar, where it can be found on the ground or climbing tree trunks.
Although it was formerly thought to be a widespread species throughout much of west and south Madagascar, morphological and genetic analyses have found that this was due to misclassification, and that this definition of the species is actually a species complex comprising several cryptic species. Today, it is known that P. bastardi in the strict sense is actually restricted to the extreme southeast of the country.
Wikipedia contributors, Mocquard's Madagascar ground gecko; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:12:37.752759+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Paroedura bastardi (Mocquard, 1900)
- Name authority
- (Mocquard, 1900)
- Common name
- Mocquard's Madagascar Ground Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Paroedura
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyGekkonidae
- genusParoedura
- speciesParoedura bastardi (Mocquard, 1900)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Paroedura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Grandidier's Madagascar Ground GeckoParoedura androyensis (Grandidier, 1867) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Graceful Madagascar Ground GeckoParoedura gracilis (Boulenger, 1896) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hordies’ Ground GeckoParoedura hordiesi Glaw, Rösler, Ineich, Gehring, Köhler & Vences, 2014 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ibity Ground GeckoParoedura ibityensis Rösler & Krüger, 1998 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paroedura masobe Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1994 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| NosyBe Ground GeckoParoedura oviceps (Boettger, 1881) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paroedura picta (Peters, 1854) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Comoro Ground GeckoParoedura sanctijohannis Günther, 1879 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paroedura stellata Hawlitschek & Glaw, 2012 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paroedura stumpffi (Boettger, 1879) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paroedura tanjaka Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paroedura neglecta Köhler, Vences, Scherz & Glaw, 2019 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Phyllodactylus bastardi Mocquard, 1900 Mocquard, 1900 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Paroedura&species=bastardi Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4DR4J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.