ParagehyraAngel is a gekkonine genus endemic to Madagascar. From 1929 until the present, the genus was represented only by the holotype of the single known species.Paragehyra petiti.The type locality ofP. petitiis in the driest part of Madagascar (south‐west) where rainless periods may exceed 11 months and the original vegetation consists of thorn scrub or dry deciduous forest. No new individuals ofP. petitiwere observed. However, a second, undescribed species of the genus was discovered in October 1990 on the opposite side of the island (south‐east) in primary‐low montane rainforest. The new form was observed at four localities at the southernmost extremity of rainforest in Madag