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Phelsuma sundbergi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Phelsuma
Species:	P. sundbergi
Binomial name
Phelsuma sundbergi Rendahl, 1939

Phelsuma sundbergi, commonly called the La Digue day gecko, Mahé day gecko, or Seychelles giant day gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Seychelles and has three subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, sundbergi, is in honor of Swedish amateur ichthyologist Henrik Sundberg.

Habitat

The natural habitats of P. sundbergi are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced vegetation.

Conservation status

P. sundbergi is threatened by habitat loss.

Reproduction

P. sundbergi is oviparous.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Image	Subspecies	Common name
	Phelsuma sundbergi sundbergi Rendahl, 1939	Seychelles giant day gecko
	Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis Böhme & Meier, 1981	La Digue day gecko
	Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae Rendahl, 1939	Mahé day gecko

References

1. Gerlach, J.; Ineich, I. (2006). "Phelsuma sundbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61434A12484084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61434A12484084.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. 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 sundbergi, p. 258).
3. ^ Species Phelsuma sundbergi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Glaw, Frank; Rösler, Herbert (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhotropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 247–283. (Phelsuma sundbergi, pp. 270–271).
• Rendahl H (1939). "Zur Herpetologie der Seychellen. I. Reptilien ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 72: 255–328. (Phelsuma sundbergi, new species, p. 274, Figures 3–5). (in German).

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