Jump to content

Phelsuma sundbergi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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

[edit]

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

Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae

Habitat

[edit]

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.[citation needed]

Conservation status

[edit]

P. sundbergi is threatened by habitat loss.[citation needed]

Reproduction

[edit]

P. sundbergi is oviparous.[3]

Subspecies

[edit]

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

Image Subspecies Common name
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

[edit]
  1. ^ Gerlach, J.; Ineich, I. (2006). "Phelsuma sundbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61434A12484084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61434A12484084.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  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. ^ a b Species Phelsuma sundbergi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

[edit]
  • 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).