Distribution maps for Madascincus species. Colored dots are representing localities sampled in the molecular studies by Miralles and Vences (2013), whereas white dots are representing localities of specimens only identified by morphology, and/or type localities. For M. polleni, another locality has been added based on a recent paper from Rakotoarison et al. (2015), who have collected an additional specimen (ZCMV 14157) in Mitsinjo forest in north-western Madagascar (16°02’54.5”S, 45°47’24.1”E). The identity of this specimen is confirmed by both its morphological characteristics and its phylogenetic position inferred from a segment of the 16S rRNA gene (nested within the M. polleni clade, and closely related to the population of Ankarafanstika, GenBank accession number KR025911). Note that for some species,especially M. mouroundavae, additional verified localities exist but these are here excluded for consistency because no samples were examined in the framework of the present study.