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Phelsuma hoeschi

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Species of lizard

Phelsuma hoeschi
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
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
Berghof & Trautmann, 2009

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

Etymology

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

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).

Reproduction

P. hoeschi is oviparous. Eggs are laid in knotholes of small trees.

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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.


Taxon identifiers
Phelsuma hoeschi


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