	The genus "Uroplatus" contains 14 species endemic to Madagascar. "U. sameiti" was originally described as a subspecies of "U. sikorae", to which it is closely related, based on the light colouration of its oral mucosa. Subsequent analysis has shown that this is not a diagnostic feature for distinguishing between these two highly similar species however, and more research will be needed to produce reliable morphological characters with which these two species may be distinguished.