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    Species Accepted

    Phelsuma grandis Gray, 1870

    Giant Madagascar Day Gecko
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Phelsuma
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      RéunionNo
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      16 results
      Felsuma gigante del Madagascar Italian
      Gecko vert à points rouges French
      Geco Diurno Gigante de Madagascar Spanish
      Geco diurno gigante del Madagascar Italian
      Giant Madagascar Day Gecko English
      Grand Gecko French
      Großer Madagascar-Taggecko German
      Großer Madagaskar-Taggecko German
      Großer Taggecko German
      Kjempedaggekko Norwegian Bokmål

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      72 results
      Rösler, & Herbert. (2001). Zur Rumpfbeschuppung der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY 1825: zoogeographische Aspekte (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 47-73.
      Berghof, P. (2014). Phelsumenhaltung im Terrarium. Eine Erfolgsstory? Reptilia (Münster) 19 (105): 18-26.
      Caceres, S:; Cornuaille, J.F.; Decors, A.; Sanchez, M. (2024). Natural history notes: Phelsuma grandis (Madagascar Day Gecko). Spinal abnormality. Herpetological Review 55 (1): 101.
      Martinez, Angie, Kevin M. Enge and Jonathan D. Mays. (2015). Geographic Distribution: Phelsuma grandis (Madagascar day gecko). Herpetological Review 46 (4): 570.
      Zimmermann, H. (2001). Das erste “deutsche” Naturschutzgebiet in Madagaskar, der “Drachenbaum-Regenwald Maromiza bei Andasibe und seine Herpetofauna. Herpetofauna 23 (134): 28-34.
      Wiegmann, A. F. A. (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum novae hispaniae , quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede im Museum Zoologicum Berolinense Pervenerunt. Pars prima, saurorum species. Berlin, Lüderitz, Iv + 54 Pp.
      Raxworthy, C. J.; Ingram, Rabibisoa & Pearson. (2007). Applications of Ecological Niche Modeling for Species Delimitation: A Review and Empirical Evaluation Using Day Geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Systematic Biology 56: 907 - 923.
      Heygen, E.v. (2004). The genus Phelsuma GRAY, 1825 on the Ampasindava peninsula, Madagascar. Phelsuma 12: 99-117.
      ROCHA, SARA; HERBERT RÖSLER, PHILIP-SEBASTIAN GEHRING, FRANK GLAW, DAVID POSADA, D. JAMES HARRIS & MIGUEL VENCES. (2010). Phylogenetic systematics of day geckos, genus Phelsuma, based on molecular and morphological data (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2429: 1–28.
      ZUG, G. R. (2013). Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 Pp.

      Citation

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