Stumbled upon some photos of Madagascar and its inhabitants, one of them labeled as "brown mantis" and clearly a P. paradoxa. I wasnt aware they were found in Madagascar - everything I have seen indicated "Southern Arfica" (which Madagascar technically is, but is not usually included with mainland). I find this incredibly hard to believe, unless they are an introduced species, looking at the biodiversity in Madagascar and how there are virtually no species shared by the island and mainland...