Phelsuma sundbergi

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.

Phelsuma sundbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Phelsuma
Species:
P. sundbergi
Binomial name
Phelsuma sundbergi
Rendahl, 1939

Etymology

The specific name, sundbergi, is in honor of Swedish amateur ichthyologist Henrik Sundberg.[2]

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.

Reproduction

P. sundbergi is oviparous.[3]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

References
  1. Gerlach J, Ineich I (2006). "Phelsuma sundbergi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61434A12484084. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61434A12484084.en. Downloaded on 24 July 2020.
  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 sundbergi, p. 258).
  3. Species Phelsuma sundbergi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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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