Phelsuma vanheygeni

Phelsuma vanheygeni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Phelsuma vanheygeni
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Phelsuma
Species:	P. vanheygeni
Binomial name
Phelsuma vanheygeni Lerner, 2004

Etymology

The specific name, vanheygeni, is in honor of Belgian herpetologist Emmanuel Van Heygen,[2] who collected the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

P. vanheygeni is found on the Ampasindava peninsula in northern Madagascar.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. vanheygeni is forest, at altitudes of 50–400 m (160–1,310 ft).[1]

Reproduction

P. vanheygeni is oviparous.[3]

References

1. Randrianantoandro JC, Raxworthy CJ, Ratsoavina F, Glaw F, Rabibisoa N (2011). "Phelsuma vanheygeni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172776A6915653. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172776A6915653.en. Downloaded on 23 September 2020.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phelsuma vanheygeni, p. 272).
3. Species Phelsuma vanheygeni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Berghof H-P (2014). "Pflege und Vermehrung von Phelsuma pronki Seipp, 1994 und Phelsuma vanheygeni Lerner, 2004". Reptilia, Münster 19 (105): 38–43. (in German).
• Glaw F, Rösler H (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 247–283.
• Lerner A (2004). "A new taxonomically isolated species of the genus Phelsuma Gray, 1825 from the Ampasindava peninsula, Madagascar". Phelsuma 12: 91–98. (Phelsuma vanheygeni, new species).