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Phelsuma inexpectata MERTENS, 1966

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPhelsuma ornata inexpectata MERTENS 1966
Phelsuma inexpectata — BOUR et al. 1995
Phelsuma inexpectata — AUSTIN et al. 2004
Phelsuma inexpectata — BERGHOF 2005: 99
Phelsuma inexpectata — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 131
Phelsuma inexpectata — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015 
DistributionMascarene Islands: S Reunion

Type locality: Manapany les Baines, La Réunion, Mascarenes, 21° 23’ E, 55° 36’ E.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 60208 
Diagnosis 
CommentMax length: 130 mm (males), 110 mm (females).

Distributrion: not on Mauritius (F. Glaw, pers. comm., 31 July 2022). 
EtymologyLatin “inexpectatus” = unexpected, probably after the unexpected discovery of a new species. 
References
  • Austin, J.J.; E. N. Arnold and C. G. Jones 2004. Reconstructing an island radiation using ancient and recent DNA: the extinct and living day geckos (Phelsuma) of the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (1): 109-122 - get paper here
  • Berghof, H.-P. 2005. Taggeckos. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 144 pp. - get paper here
  • Berghof, H.-P. 2006. Ornament-Taggecko. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (58): 93 - get paper here
  • Bour, R., J. M. Probst & S. Ribes 1995. Phelsuma inexpectata Mertens,1966, le lézard vert de Manampany-les-Bains (La Réunion): données chorologiques et écologiques (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Dumerilia 2: 99-124
  • CAUBIT, MARGOT; F. B. VINCENT FLORENS & MICKAËL SANCHEZ. 2022. PHELSUMA INEXPECTATA (Manapany Day Gecko). DIET. Herpetological Review 53 (2): 327–328.
  • Choeur, A., Clémencet, J., Le Corre, M., Roesch, M. A., & Sanchez, M. 2023. Intra-annual variations of microhabitat use and movements of a critically endangered arboreal day gecko endemic to Reunion Island: implications for conservation. Amphibia-Reptilia 44 (2): 139-152 - get paper here
  • CHOEUR, ARTHUR; JOHANNA CLÉMENCET, MATTHIEU LE CORRE & MICKAËL SANCHEZ. 2022. Evidence of seasonal reproduction, laying site fidelity and oviposition synchronicity in the critically endangered endemic Manapany Day Gecko (Phelsuma inexpectata) from Reunion Island (western Indian Ocean). Salamandra 58(2): 116–122. - get paper here
  • Clémencet, Johanna; Cyril Aubert, Doriane Blottière and Mickaël Sanchez 2013. Kleptoparasitism in the endemic gecko Phelsuma inexpectata: pollen theft from foraging honeybees on Réunion. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 29(3): 251-254 - get paper here
  • Déso, G. 2001. Note sur le transport insolite de Geckos verts le cas du Phelsuma inexpectata. Bull. Phaethon 13: 56
  • DESO, Grégory; Jean Michel PROBST, Mickaël SANCHEZ & Ivan INEICH 2008. Phelsuma inexpectata Mertens, 1966 et Phelsuma borbonica Mertens, 1942 (Squamata : Gekkonidae) : deux geckos potentiellement pollinisateurs de l’île de La Réunion. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 126 : 9-23 - get paper here
  • Girard, F. 1997. Présentation des espèces du genre Phelsuma vivant sur l’île de La Réunion. Rev. Française Aquariol. 55-56
  • 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): - get paper here
  • Hallmann, G.; Krüger, J. & Trautmann, G. 2008. Faszinierende Taggeckos. Die Gattung Phelsuma. 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 253 pp. - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1966. Die nichtmadagassichen Arten und Unterarten der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. Senckenbergiana Biologica 47:85—110
  • PROBST, J-M. 1997. Animaux de La Réunion - guide d’identification des oiseaux, mammifères, reptiles et amphibiens. Edit. Azalées, 168 pp.
  • 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 - get paper here
  • Rösler, Herbert 2001. Zur Rumpfbeschuppung der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY 1825: zoogeographische Aspekte (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 47-73
  • Sanchez, M.; Probst, J.M. & Deso, G. 2009. Phelsuma inexpectata Mertens, 1966 (Squamata : Gekkonidae) sur l’île de La Réunion : écologie, répartition et menaces. [Phelsuma inexpectata Mertens, 1966 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) on La Réunion Island: ecology, distribution and threats]. Bull. Soc. Herp. France (132): 43-69 - get paper here
  • Schönecker, Patrick 2013. Im Reich der kleinen Echsen. Zu Besuch in der Terrarienanlage von Katrin und Dietmar Mistler. Terraria-Elaphe 2013 (4): 66-69 - get paper here
  • Wohler, Josua. 2013. Unterschiede in der Pupillenform bei einigen Arten der Gattung Phelsuma. Sauria 35 (4): 15-22 - get paper here
 
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