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Encyclopedia > Phelsuma abbotti sumptio
Geckos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Phelsuma
Species: abbotti
Binomial name
Phelsuma abbotti
Trinomial name
Phelsuma abbotti sumptio

Assumption Island day Gecko (Phelsuma abbotti sumptio CHEKE, 1982), named after a small island outlying on the south west end of the Seychelles is a subspecies of geckos. This species is only found on Assumption Island. It typically reaches the length of 140 mm, lives on palm trees and feeds on insects and fruit.


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Phelsuma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (625 words)
The one exception is Phelsuma andamanense, which is endemic to the Andaman islands in the Bay of Bengal.
The genus Phelsuma was first described by the British zoologist John Edward Gray in 1825 and named after the Dutch physician Murk van Phelsum.
Two Phelsuma species (Phelsuma gigas and Phelsuma edwardnewtoni) are now considered to be extinct, probably due to the destruction of their environment by human settlers and their domestic animals.
Article about "Phelsuma" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (5876 words)
Cheke, A. (1975 a) An Undescribed Gecko from Agalega: Phelsuma agalegae sp.
Gardner, A.S. (1984) The evolutionary ecology and population systematics of daygekko's (phelsuma) in the Seychelles.
Loveridge, A. (1942) Revision of the Afro oriental geckos of the genus Phelsuma.
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