Phelsuma kely SCHÖNECKER, BACH & GLAW, 2004

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Phelsuma kely SCHÖNECKER, BACH & GLAW 2004 Phelsuma kely — BERGHOF 2005: 113 Phelsuma kely — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 133 Phelsuma kely — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015
Distribution	E Madagascar Type locality: Lac Ampitabe (18°36’ S, 49°15’ E) near Andranokoditra, ca. 65 km south of Toamasina (= Tamatave), East Madagascar.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZSM 607/2003
Diagnosis
Comment	Most closely related to the P. lineata group. Similar species: Has been mis-identified as Lygodactylys sp. by animal traders. Max. length: 71 mm. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named after the Malagasy word kely = small.
References	Berghof, H.-P. 2005. Taggeckos. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 144 pp. - get paper here Berghof, H.P. & Trautmann, G. 2009. Eine neue Art der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY, 1825 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) von der Ostküste Madagaskars. Sauria 31 (1): 5–14 - get paper here Gehring, Philip-Sebastian; Frank Glaw, Marcelo Gehara, Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina, Miguel Vences 2013. Northern origin and diversification in the central lowlands? – Complex phylogeography and taxonomy of widespread day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Organisms Diversity & Evolution DOI:<br />10.1007/s13127-013-0143-5 - get paper here 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 Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here 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 Schönecker, P.; Bach, S. & Glaw, F. 2004. Eine neue Taggecko-Art der Gattung Phelsuma aus Ost-Madagaskar (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 40 (2): 105-112 - get paper here
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