Cheke's day gecko

Cheke's day gecko (Phelsuma abbotti chekei ) is a subspecies of day gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Cheke's day gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Phelsuma
Species:	P. abbotti
Subspecies:	P. a. chekei
Trinomial name
Phelsuma abbotti chekei Börner & Minuth, 1984
Synonyms[1]
Phelsuma befotakensis Börner & Minuth, 1982 (fide Meier & Böhme, 1996) Phelsuma chekei Börner & Minuth, 1984 Phelsuma abbotti chekei — Glaw & Vences, 1994

Etymology

The subspecific name, chekei, is in honor of British ornithologist Anthony S. Cheke.[2]

Geographic range

P. a. chekei is found on the island of Madagascar.

Diet

P. a. chekei primarily eats insects and fruits.

References

1. "Phelsuma abbotti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. 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 abbotti chekei, p. 52).

Further reading

• Börner A-R, Minuth W (1984). "On the taxonomy of the Indian Ocean Lizards of the Phelsuma madagascariensis species group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81 (2): 243–281. (Phelsuma chekei, new species, p. 259).
• Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3.
• Meier H, Böhme W (1996). "Zum taxonomischen Status des Formenkreises von Phelsuma abbotti STEJNEGER, 1893, mit Bemerkungen über P. masohoala RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1994 ". Salamandra 32 (2): 85–98. (in German, with an abstract in English).