Paroedura

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Paroedura, the Madagascar ground geckos, is a group of geckos found only in Madagascar and the Comoros. They are mainly ground-dwellers, but the young geckos can climb until they become too heavy for their feet.

There are 25 recognized species in this genus. A well-known species is Paroedura picta, the ocellated gecko.

Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Uroplatinae
Genus: Paroedura (described by Günther, 1879)

Note: If a species name is in parentheses in a list, it means the species was originally described in a different genus.