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Phelsuma punctulata MERTENS, 1970

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Striped Day Gecko
G: Streifentaggecko 
SynonymPhelsuma lineata punctulata MERTENS 1970: 3
Phelsuma lineata punctulata — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 295
Phelsuma lineata punctulata — BERGHOF 2005: 75
Phelsuma lineata punctulata — ANDERS 2008
Phelsuma lineata punctulata — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 151
Phelsuma lineata punctulata — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015
Phelsuma punctulata — GEHRING et al. 2022 
DistributionN Madagascar

Type locality: Madagascar, Tsaratanana mountain massif.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 65500 
Diagnosis 
CommentSpecies grup: Member of the Phelsuma lineata (phenetic) group (GLAW, VENCES & ZIEGLER 1999).

Synonymy. Recently, chloroscelis and bifasciata have been suggested to be synonyms of P. lineata (Hallmann, cited in ANDERS 2008). 
EtymologyNamed after the punctate pattern on the dorsal side. 
References
  • Anders, Ulrike 2008. Der Streifentaggecko Phelsuma lineata. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 64 pp. - get paper here
  • Berghof, H.-P. 2005. Taggeckos. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 144 pp. - get paper here
  • Gehring, Philip-Sebastian; Jary H. Razafindraibe, Miguel Vences & Frank Glaw 2022. Day geckos (Phelsuma) in northern Madagascar: first step to resolve a paradoxical case of mitochondrial paraphyly and morphological differentiation. SALAMANDRA 58(2): 83–100 - get paper here
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • 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. 1970. Neues über einige Taxa der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. Senckenbergiana biologica 51: 1-13
 
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