Phelsuma sundbergi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Phelsuma |
| Species: | P. sundbergi
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| Phelsuma sundbergi Rendahl, 1939
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Phelsuma sundbergi, commonly called the La Digue day gecko, Mahé day gecko, or Seychelles giant day gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Seychelles and has three subspecies.
Etymology
The specific name, sundbergi, is in honor of Swedish amateur ichthyologist Henrik Sundberg.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitats of P. sundbergi are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced vegetation.
Conservation status
P. sundbergi is threatened by habitat loss.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Phelsuma sundbergi sundbergi Rendahl, 1939 – Seychelles giant day gecko
- Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis Böhme & Meier, 1981 – La Digue day gecko
- Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae Rendahl, 1939 – Mahé day gecko
References
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phelsuma sundbergi, p. 258).
- ^ "Phelsuma sundbergi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
- Gerlach J, Ineich I (2006). Phelsuma sundbergi . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
Further reading
- Glaw, Frank; Rösler, Herbert (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhotropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 247–283. (Phelsuma sundbergi, pp. 270–271).
- Rendahl H (1939). "Zur Herpetologie der Seychellen. I. Reptilien ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 72: 255–328. (Phelsuma sundbergi, new species, p. 274, Figures 3-5). (in German).
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