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Phelsuma kochi MERTENS, 1954

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Madagascar Day Gecko
G: Großer Taggecko 
SynonymPhelsuma madagascariensis kochi MERTENS 1954
Phelsuma madagascariensis kochi — WERMUTH 1965: 130
Phelsuma madagascariensis kochi — MEIER 1982
Phelsuma madagascariensis kochi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 291
Phelsuma madagascariensis kochi — BERGHOF 2005: 78
Phelsuma kochi — RAXWORTHY et al. 2007
Phelsuma kochi — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 137
Phelsuma kochi — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015 
DistributionNW Madagascar (Majunga, Tsaramandroso, Ambahanbongo)

Type locality: Maevatanana.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: SMF 47872, female 
Diagnosis 
CommentMember of the Phelsuma madagascariensis (phenetic) group (GLAW, VENCES & ZIEGLER 1999). Some authors (such as MERTENS 1962) have synonymized grandis with madagascariensis.

Max length: 240 mm 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the types, Karl Ludwig Koch. 
References
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