Skip to main content

    Species Accepted

    Blaesodactylus sakalava (Grandidier, 1867)

    Grandidier's Velvet Gecko
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Blaesodactylus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      View all

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      Antsatsaka Sakalava Malagasy
      Gecko de velours sakalava French
      Grandidier's Velvet Gecko English
      Sakalava-Samtgecko German
      Tulear Velvet Gecko English
      Tulear-fløjlsgekko Danish
      Разночешуйный гомофолис Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      20 results
      Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3).
      Schönecker, P., & Böhle, A. (2004). Die Geckogattungen Madagaskars. Draco 5 (19): 56-67.
      Andersson, & Lars Gabriel. (1910). Reptiles and batrachians from the north-west of Madagascar collected by V. Kaudern, 1906-1907. Arkiv För Zoologi 7 (7): 1-15.
      Vences, M., Miralles, A., Ineich, I., Rakotoarison, A., Glasenapp, C., Scherz, M. D., Köhler, J., Glaw, F., & Raselimanana, A. P. (2025). An updated survey of molecular diversity in Madagascar’s velvet geckos, genus Blaesodactylus, with description of a new species from the island’s arid West. Zootaxa 5620(2): 230-254.
      BAUER, AARON M.; FRANK GLAW, PHILIP-SEBASTIAN GEHRING & MIGUEL VENCES. (2011). New species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantsika National Park in north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 2942: 57–68.
      Ineich, I., & FRANK GLAW, M. V. (2016). A new species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tsingy limestone outcrops in Namoroka National Park, north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 4109 (5): 523–541.
      Kluge, A. G., & Nussbaum, R. A. (1995). A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata). Misc. Pub. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 183: 1-20.
      Evans, A. M., Marshal, J. P., & Alexander, G. J. (2021). Forest patch characteristics affect reptile occurrence in north‐western Madagascar. Austral Ecology.
      Cocca, W., G. M. Rosa, F. Andreone, G. Aprea, P. E. Bergò, F. Mattioli, V. Mercurio, J. E. Randrianirina, D. Rosado, M. Vences & A. Crottini. (2018). The herpetofauna (Amphibia, Crocodylia, Squamata, Testudines) of the Isalo Massif, Southwest Madagascar: combining morphological, molecular and museum data. Salamandra 54 (3): 178-200 plus Supplementary Material.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1896). Descriptions of new lizards from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 17: 444-449.

      Citation

      Blaesodactylus sakalava (Grandidier, 1867) in undefined