Phelsuma hoeschi

Phelsuma hoeschi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Phelsuma
Species:
P. hoeschi
Binomial name
Phelsuma hoeschi

Phelsuma hoeschi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Atsinanana Region of Madagascar.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, hoeschi, is in honor of German amateur herpetologist Udo Hoesch, who discovered this species.[3][4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. hoeschi is unknown, as the species has only been collected from disturbed habitats near beaches and villages, at altitudes of 12–594 m (39–1,949 ft).[1]

Reproduction

P. hoeschi is oviparous.[2] Eggs are laid in knotholes of small trees.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Glaw, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P. (2011). "Phelsuma hoeschi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T193492A8864055.en.
  2. ^ a b Phelsuma hoeschi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ 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 hoeschi, p. 124).
  4. ^ Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Wahlgren, Richard (2012). "Book Review: The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles". Bibliotheca Herpetologica 10 (1): 28–31. (Phelsuma hoeschi, p. 29).

Further reading

  • Berghof H-P, Trautmann (2009). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY, 1825 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) von der Ostküste Madagaskars ". Sauria, Berlin 31 (1): 5–14. (Phelsuma hoeschi, new species). (in German, with abstracts in English and Malagasy).
  • Gehring P-S, Glaw F, Gehara M, Ratsoavina FM, Vences M (2013). "Northern origin and diversification in the central lowlands? – Complex phylogeography and taxonomy of widespread day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 13: 605–620.
  • Glaw F, Rösler H (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 247–283.



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