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Phelsuma v-nigra BOETTGER, 1913

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPhelsuma v-nigra v-nigra BOETTGER 1913
Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis MEIER 1986
Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis MEIER 1986 
Common NamesE: Indian Day Gecko 
SynonymPhelsuma V-nigra BOETTGER 1913: 337
Phelsuma v-nigra — MERTENS 1962: 115
Phelsuma v-nigra — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma nigra — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Phelsuma v-nigra — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra BOETTGER 1913
Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra — BERGHOF 2005: 86
Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 216
Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2011
Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis MEIER 1986
Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis — BERGHOF 2005: 86
Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 217
Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2011
Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015
Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis — RÖSLER 2020

Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis MEIER 1986
Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis — BERGHOF 2005: 86
Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 218
Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2011
Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015
Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis — RÖSLER 2020 
DistributionComoro Islands (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mayotte, Moheli)

anjouanensis: Anjouan; Type locality: Pomoni, Anjouan, (Comore Is.).

comoraegrandensis: Grande Comore; Type locality: Nioumadzaha, Grande Comore, 11° 30’ S, 43° 25’ E.

Terra typica restricta: Moheli Island (MERTENS 1922).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: SMF 9562
Holotype: ZFMK 42077; paratypes: ZFMK, ZSM [anjouanensis]
Holotype: ZFMK 42067; paratypes: ZFMK, ZSM [comoraegrandensis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentNomenclature: The hyphen in this name is permitted by article 32.5.2.4.3 of the code: “If the first element is a Latin letter used to denote descriptively a character of the taxon, it must be retained and connected to the remainder of the name by a hyphen.” 
Etymologynamed after the V-shaped black (Latin “niger”) on its throat. The name is correctly formed according to ICZN Article 32.5.2.4.3. “If the first element is a Latin letter used to denote descriptively a character of the taxon, it must be retained and connected to the remainder of the name by a hyphen.” 
References
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  • Berghof, H.-P. 2005. Taggeckos. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 144 pp. - get paper here
  • Boettger, O. 1913. Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas. Pp. 269-375. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Vol. 3. Systematische Arbeiten. Schweizerbart’ sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele und Sproesser, Stuttgart - get paper here
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  • Hallmann, G.; Krüger, J. & Trautmann, G. 2008. Faszinierende Taggeckos. Die Gattung Phelsuma. 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 253 pp. - get paper here
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  • Hofmann, T. 2007. Haltung und Vermehrung des Pasteur-Taggeckos Phelsuma v-nigra pasteuri MEIER 1984 im Terrarium. Sauria 29 (4): 35-42 - get paper here
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  • Meier H 1980. Zur Taxonomie und Okologie der Gattung Phelsuma (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) auf den Komoren, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 31 (3-4): 323-332 - get paper here
  • Meier, H. 1984. Zwei neue Formen der Gattung Phelsuma von den Komoren (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 20 (1): 32-38 - get paper here
  • Meier,H. 1986. Der Formenkreis von Phelsuma v-nigra (BOETTGER 1913) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) auf den Komoren: Beschreibung von zwei neuen Unterarten. Salamandra 22 (1): 11-20 - get paper here
  • Meirte,D. 1999. In: Louette,M., La faune terrestre de Mayotte. Annales Sciences Zoologiques, Musée Royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique 284: 247 pp.
  • Mertens, R. 1922. Verzeichnis der Typen in der herpetologischen Sammlung des Senckenbergischen Museums. Senckenbergiana 4: 162-183 - get paper here
  • Mertens,R. 1962. Die Arten und Unterarten der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. Senckenbergiana biologica 43: 81-127
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  • Rocha, Sara; David Posada, Miguel A. Carretero and D. James Harris 2007. Phylogenetic affinities of Comoroan and East African day geckos (genus Phelsuma): Multiple natural colonisations, introductions and island radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43 (2): 685-692 - 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
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
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  • 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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