Phelsuma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Phelsuma
Species (42): P. abbotti – P. andamanense – P. antanosy – P. astriata – P. barbouri – P. berghofi – P. borai – P. borbonica – P. breviceps – P. cepediana – P. comorensis – P. dorsivittata – P. dubia – P. edwardnewtoni – P. flavigularis – P. gigas – P. gouldi – P. grandis – P. guentheri – P. guimbeaui – P. guttata – P. hielscheri – P. hoeschi – P. inexpectata – P. kely – P. klemmeri – P. kochi – P. laticauda – P. lineata – P. madagascariensis – P. malamakibo – P. masohoala – P. modesta – P. mutabilis – P. nigristriata – P. ornata – P. parkeri – P. parva – P. pasteuri – P. pronki – P. pusilla – P. quadriocellata – P. ravenala – P. robertmertensi – P. roesleri – P. rosagularis – P. seippi – P. serraticauda – P. standingi – P. sundbergi – P. vanheygeni – P. v-nigra

Name

Phelsuma Gray, 1825: 199

Type species: Phelsuma crepidianus [sic] Gray, 1825, by subsequent designation by Smith (1935: 120).

References

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy 10: 193–217. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Raxworthy, C.J., Ingram, C.M., Rabibisoa, N. & Pearson, R.G. 2007. Applications of Ecological Niche Modeling for Species Delimitation: A Review and Empirical Evaluation Using Day Geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Systematic Biology 56(6): 907–923. DOI: 10.1080/10635150701775111 Reference page.
Glaw, F., Köhler, J. & Vences, M. 2009. A new species of cryptically coloured day gecko (Phelsuma) from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in western Madagascar. Zootaxa 2195: 61–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Glaw, F., Gehring, P.-S., Köhler, J., Franzen, M. & Vences, M. 2010. A new dwarf species of day gecko, genus Phelsuma, from the Ankarana pinnacle karst in northern Madagascar. Salamandra 46(2): 83–92. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Rocha, S. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic systematics of day geckos, genus Phelsuma, based on molecular and morphological data (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2429: 1–28. Preview
Crottini, A. et al. 2011. Deciphering the cryptic species diversity of dull-coloured day geckos Phelsuma (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 2982: 40–48. Preview
Gehring, P.-S., Crottini, A., Glaw, F., Hauswaldt, S. & Ratsoavina, F.M. 2010. Notes on the natural history, distribution and malformations of day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 3: 321–327. (PDF).
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. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phelsuma . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 January 2020.
Phelsuma – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
Phelsuma – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Taggeckos
English: Day Geckos
日本語: ヒルヤモリ属
polski: Felsuma