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Phelsuma  Gray, 1825
Taxonomic Serial No.: 202163

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Day Geckos [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderGekkota   
                               FamilyGekkonidae  – Geckos  
                                  GenusPhelsuma Gray, 1825 – Day Geckos  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma abbotti Stejneger, 1893  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma andamanense Blyth, 1861  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma antanosy Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 1993  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma astriata Tornier, 1901  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma barbouri Loveridge, 1942  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma berghofi Kruger, 1996  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma borai Glaw, Köhler and Vences, 2009  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma borbonica Mertens, 1966  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma breviceps Boettger, 1894  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma cepediana (Milbert, 1812)  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma comorensis Boettger, 1913  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma dorsivittata Mertens, 1964  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma dubia (Boettger, 1881)  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma edwardnewtonii Vinson and Vinson, 1969 – Day Gecko 
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma flavigularis Mertens, 1962  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma gigas (Lienard, 1842)  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma gouldi Crottini, Gehring, Glaw, Harris, Lima and Vences, 2011  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma grandis Gray, 1870  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma guentheri Boulenger, 1885 – Round Island Day Gecko 
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma guimbeaui Mertens, 1963 – Orange-spotted Day Gecko, Mauritius Forest Day Gecko 
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma guttata Kaudern, 1922  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma hielscheri Rösler, 2001  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma hoeschi Berghoff and Trautmann, 2009  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma inexpectata Mertens, 1966  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma kely Schonecker, Bach and Glaw, 2004  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma klemmeri Seipp, 1991  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma kochi Mertens, 1954  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma laticauda (Boettger, 1880) – Broad-tailed Day Gecko, Gold Dust Day Gecko 
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma lineata Gray, 1842  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma madagascariensis (Gray, 1831) – Madagascar Giant Day Gecko, Madagascar Day Gecko 
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma malamakibo Nussbaum, Raxworthy, Raselimanana and Ramanamanjato, 2000  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma masohoala Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 1994  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma modesta Mertens, 1970  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma mutabilis (Grandidier, 1869)  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma nigristriata Meier, 1984  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma ocellata (Boulenger, 1885)  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma ornata Gray, 1825  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma parkeri Loveridge, 1941  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma parva Meier, 1983  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma pronki Seipp, 1994  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma pusilla Mertens, 1964  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma quadriocellata (W. Peters, 1883)  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma ravenala Raxworthy, Ingram, Rabibisoa and Pearson, 2007  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma robertmertensi Meier, 1980  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma roesleri Glaw, Gehring, Köhler, Franzen and Vences, 2010  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma rosagularis Vinson and Vinson, 1969  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma seippi Meier, 1987  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma serraticauda Mertens, 1963  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma standingi Methuen and Hewitt, 1913  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma sundbergi Rendahl, 1939  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma v-nigra Boettger, 1913  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma vanheygeni Lerner, 2004  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Aaron Bauer, Ph.D.   
  Notes: Professor, Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology   
  Reference for: Phelsuma    
       
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Phelsuma    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES species, CD-ROM (version 2008)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2008. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-029-3. Available online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/sca/cd_checklist-info/ or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Phelsuma   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phelsuma   
       
  Source: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians ..., ed. 6.1, website (version 6.1)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Boundy, J., F. Burbrink, J. Campbell, B. Crother, K. de Quiroz, D. Frost, R. Highton, J. Iverson, F. Kraus, R. McDiarmid, J. Mendelson III, P. Meylen, R. Pyron, T. Reeder, M. Seidel, S. Tilley and D. Wake (Crother, B., ed.). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence In Our Understanding. Edition 6.1, Last updated: 24 May 2011. Available at http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/comm_names/Index.php   
  Reference for: Phelsuma, Day Geckos [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)   
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  Notes: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Phelsuma   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix II adopted at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (The Hague, 2007)  
 

 

    


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