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Phelsuma klemmeri SEIPP, 1991

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Blauer Bambustaggecko 
SynonymPhelsuma klemmeri SEIPP 1991: 11
Phelsuma klemmeri — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma klemmeri — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 298
Phelsuma klemmeri — RÖSLER 2000: 102
Phelsuma klemmeri — BERGHOF 2005: 73
Phelsuma klemmeri — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 135
Phelsuma klemmeri — BÖHME 2014: 141
Phelsuma klemmeri — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015 
DistributionNW Madagascar (Sambirano-Region)

Type locality: Küste NW-Madagaskars.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 74262, male; Paratype: ZFMK 62366 
Diagnosis 
CommentSole member of the Phelsuma klemmeri (phenetic) group (GLAW, VENCES & ZIEGLER 1999). 
EtymologyNamed after Konrad Klemmer (1930-2023), German herpetologist. See Mebs & Köhler 2023 for biographical notes. 
References
  • Anders, U. 2002. Phelsuma klemmeri SEIPP. Sauria (Suppl.) 24 (3): 555-558 - get paper here
  • Anders, U. & Anders, J. 2005. Die Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma am Beispiel von Phelsuma klemmeri SEIPP 1991. Elaphe 13 (4): 20-24
  • Anders, Ulrike 2006. Der Blaue Bambus-Taggecko, Phelsuma klemmeri. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 pp. - get paper here
  • Anonymous 1994. Phelsuma klemmeri. Terra 30 (7): 110-111
  • Arai, Y. 1994. Notes ont he Captive Husbandry and Breeding of the Yellow- Headed Day Gecko, Phelsuma klemmeri. Jour. Int. Gecko Soc. 2 (3): 109-112
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Berghof, H.-P. 2005. Taggeckos. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 144 pp. - 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
  • Glaw, Frank 2017. 30 Jahre Expeditionen in Madagaskar. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (1): 54-57 - 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
  • Heygen, E.v. 2004. The genus Phelsuma GRAY, 1825 on the Ampasindava peninsula, Madagascar. Phelsuma 12: 99-117
  • Mebs, D. & Köhler, G. 2023. Dr. Konrad Klemmer (1930–2023). Elaphe 2023 (4): 95
  • P., Simone 2016. Professionelle Nachzucht von Terrarientieren für den Zoofachhandel. Reptilia 21 (118): 52-55 - get paper here
  • Razafimahatratra, Bertrand; Gilbert Razafimanjato, and Russell Thorstrom 2010. A new locality for the endangered day gecko Phelsuma klemmeri from western Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 3: 197-199
  • Razafimahatratra, Bertrand; Gilbert Razafimanjato, and Russell Thorstrom. 2010. A new locality for the endangered day gecko<br>Phelsuma klemmeri from western Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 3: 197-199.
  • 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, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, Herbert 2001. Zur Rumpfbeschuppung der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY 1825: zoogeographische Aspekte (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 47-73
  • 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
  • Schönecker, Patrick 2014. Gestaltung von Terrarien. Draco 16 (56): 6-29 - get paper here
  • Seipp, R. 1991. Eine neue Art der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY 1825 von Madagaskar (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 71 [1990]: 11-14
  • WOHLER, J. 2015. Außergewöhnliches Jagdverhalten bei Phelsuma klemmeri SEIPP, 1991. Sauria 37 (1): 31 - 33 - 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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