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Phelsuma ornata GRAY, 1825

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ornate Day Gecko 
SynonymPhelsuma ornatum GRAY 1825: 199
Phelsuma vinsoni MERTENS 1963
Phelsuma vinsoni vinsoni — VINSON & VINSON 1969: 270
Phelsuma ornata vinsoni — HESELHAUS 1980
Phelsuma ornata — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma ornata — BOUR 1995
Phelsuma ornata — BERGHOF 2005: 82
Phelsuma ornata — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 174
Phelsuma ornata — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015 
DistributionMascarene Islands: Mauritius (Round Island, Gunner's Quoin, Coin de Mire)

Type locality: Sebastopol, Mauritius Island.

vinsoni: Type locality: Sebastopol, Mauritius; Holotype: SMF  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.30.87 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (vinsoni): Vinson & Vinson 1969: 272


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CommentPhelsuma ornata inexpectata MERTENS 1966 has been elevated to full species status.

Type: not in BMNH fide P. Campbell (pers. comm., 25 July 2014)

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
Etymologyfrom Latin “ornatus” = ornated. 
References
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  • Berghof, H.-P. 2006. Ornament-Taggecko. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (58): 93 - get paper here
  • Berghof, P. 2014. Phelsumenhaltung im Terrarium. Eine Erfolgsstory? Reptilia (Münster) 19 (105): 18-26
  • Bour, R., J. M. Probst & S. Ribes 1995. Phelsuma inexpectata Mertens,1966, le lézard vert de Manampany-les-Bains (La Réunion): données chorologiques et écologiques (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Dumerilia 2: 99-124
  • Budzinski, S. & Budzinski, R.M. 2010. Taggeckos der Insel Mauritius. Draco 11 (43): 45-52 - get paper here
  • Bullock, David J. 1986. The Ecology and Conservation of Reptiles on Round Island and Gunner's Quoin, Mauritius. Biological Conservation 37: 135 156 - get paper here
  • Bungard, Michael J.; Carl Jones, Vikash Tatayah, and Diana J. Bell 2014. The Habitat of Two Species of Day Geckos (Phelsuma ornata and Phelsuma guimbeaui) and Implications for Conservation Management in Island Ecosystems. Herp. Cons. Biol. 9 (3): - get paper here
  • Fölling, M. 1996. Bemerkungen zur Terrarienhaltung von Phelsuma ornata ornata in Gruppen. Elaphe 4 (1): 9-13
  • Gehring, P.S. & Glaw, F. 2010. Bunte Vielfalt in modernem Licht: Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma. Draco 11 (43): 4-21
  • 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
  • Gray, J.E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy, 10:193—217 - get paper here
  • Hagey, Travis J.; Nik Cole, Daniel Davidson, Anthony Henricks, Lisa L. Harmon, and Luke J. Harmon 2016. Temporal Variation in Structural Microhabitat Use of Phelsuma Geckos in Mauritius. Journal of Herpetology 50 (1): 102-107. - 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
  • Harmon, L.J., & Gibson, R. 2006. Multivariate phenotypic evolution among island and mainland populations of the Ornate Day Gecko, Phelsuma ornata. Evolution 60 (12): 2622-2632 - get paper here
  • Heselhaus, R. 1980. Phelsumen im Terrarium. Herpetofauna 2 (4): 9-10 - get paper here
  • Heselhaus, Ralf 1994. Taggeckos. Ulmer-Verlag, Stuttgart, 92 pp.
  • Hoesch, U. 1981. Die Phelsumen auf Mauritius. Sauria 3 (4): 25-27 - get paper here
  • HOFMANN, T 2011. Farb - und Zeichnungsanomalien bei Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY, 1825. Sauria, Berlin 33 (1): 21-24 - get paper here
  • Krause, Peter 1997. Der Ornament-Taggecko: Schmuckstücke im Terrarium - Phelsuma ornata. TI Magazin (133): 38-41
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  • Mertens, R. 1966. Die nichtmadagassichen Arten und Unterarten der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. Senckenbergiana Biologica 47:85—110
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  • 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
  • Rogner, M. 2006. Mauritius für Anfänger. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (60): 43-50 - get paper here
  • RÖSLER, H. 2020. Hommage an Murk van Phelsum. Sauria 42 (2): 3-27
  • Rösler, Herbert 2001. Zur Rumpfbeschuppung der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY 1825: zoogeographische Aspekte (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 47-73
  • Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Vinson, J., and J. M. Vinson. 1969. The saurian fauna of the Mascarene Islands. Mauritius Institute Bulletin, 6:203-320 [1969]
  • 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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