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Phelsuma laticauda (BOETTGER, 1880)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPhelsuma laticauda laticauda (BOETTGER 1880)
Phelsuma laticauda angularis MERTENS 1964 
Common NamesE: Gold dust day gecko, Broad-tailed Day Gecko
G: Goldstaub Taggecko 
SynonymPachydactylus laticauda BOETTGER 1880
Phelsuma laticauda — BOULENGER 1885: 215
Phelsuma laticauda — MERTENS 1962: 97
Phelsuma laticauda — WERMUTH 1965: 129
Phelsuma laticouda — OOSTVEEN 1980 (in error)
Phelsuma laticauda — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma laticauda — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 294
Phelsuma laticauda — RÖSLER 2000: 102
Phelsuma laticauda — BAUER 2013 (plates)
Phelsuma laticauda — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma laticauda laticauda (BOETTGER 1880)
Pachydactylus laticauda BOETTGER 1880
Phelsuma laticauda laticauda — MEIER 1980
Phelsuma laticauda laticauda — BERGHOF 2005: 74
Phelsuma laticauda laticauda — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 140
Phelsuma laticauda laticauda — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma laticauda angularis MERTENS 1964
Phelsuma laticauda angularis MERTENS 1964: 99
Phelsuma laticauda angularis — WERMUTH 1965: 129
Phelsuma laticauda angularis — BRUSE 2004
Phelsuma laticauda angularis — BERGHOF 2005: 74
Phelsuma laticauda angularis — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 141
Phelsuma laticauda angularis — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015 
DistributionMadagascar, Comores (Mayotte) = Comoro Island, Nossi Be = Nosy Bé, Seychelles, Nosy Mitsio, Nosy Komba

USA (introduced to Hawaii fide McKeown 1996)
Introduced to Moorea, French Polynesia.

angularis: NW Madagascar (Antsohihi, Befotaka, Maromandia); Type locality: Antsohihi, east of the Baie de Narinda, NW Madagascar.

Type locality: Nossi Be = Nosy Bé.  
Reproductionoviparous; shows temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) (Budzinski 1999) 
TypesLectotype: SMF 9475 (also cited as SMF 94754; formerly 4215b); paralectotypes: NMW, ZFMK.
Holotype: SMF 59370, male [angularis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentMember of the Phelsuma laticauda (phenetic) group (GLAW, VENCES & ZIEGLER 1999).

Distribution: see map in Gehring et al. 2010. 
Etymologynamed after its broad tail (Latin “latus” = broad or wide, Latin “cauda” = tail). 
References
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