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