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Cheke's day gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Phelsuma
Species: P. abbotti
Subspecies: P. a. chekei
Trinomial name
Phelsuma abbotti chekei
Börner & Minuth, 1984
Synonyms
  • Phelsuma befotakensis
    Börner & Minuth, 1982
    (fide Meier & Böhme, 1996)
  • Phelsuma chekei
    Börner & Minuth, 1984
  • Phelsuma abbotti chekei
    — Glaw & Vences, 1994

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.

Distribution

P. a. chekei is found on the island of Madagascar.

Diet

P. a. chekei primarily eats insects and fruits.

Reproduction

P. a. chekei is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Species Phelsuma abbotti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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 abbotti chekei, p. 52).

Further reading

  • Börner A-R, Minuth W (1984). "On the taxonomy of the Indian Ocean Lizards of the Phelsuma madagascariensis species group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 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).


Taxon identifiers
Phelsuma abbotti chekei


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