Phelsuma roesleri

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: Phelsuma roesleri

Name

• Phelsuma roesleri Glaw, Gehring, Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2010: 84

Holotype: ZSM 1517/2008 (FGZC 1828), adult ♂, hemipenes everted, collected on 24 February 2008 by F. Glaw & Z. T. Nagy.

Type locality: “Ankarana Massif approximately 2 km NE Mahamasina (aerial distance), 12°57’42’’ S, 49°08’59’’ E, 128 m elevation, Antsiranana Province, north Madagascar.”

Paratypes: UADBA uncatalogued (FGZC 1645–1646), two specimens (most probably adult) of unknown sex, ZSM 1516/2008 (FGZC 1667), male, all collected at the type locality, on 14 February 2008 by F. Glaw, M. Franzen, J. Köhler, A. G. Rakotovao & K. Zafinasolo.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Gehring, P.S. & Glaw, F. 2010: Bunte Vielfalt in modernem Licht: Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma. Draco. 11 (43): 4–21.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phelsuma roesleri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 November 2017.