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Phelsuma pusilla MERTENS, 1964

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPhelsuma pusilla pusilla MERTENS 1964
Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni MEIER 1989 
Common Names 
SynonymPhelsuma lineata pusilla MERTENS 1964: 108
Phelsuma lineata pusilla — WERMUTH 1965: 130
Phelsuma lineata pusilla — MEIER 1982
Phelsuma pusilla — MEIER 1989
Phelsuma pusilla — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma pusilla pusilla — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 295
Phelsuma pusilla pusilla — BERGHOF 2005: 102
Phelsuma pusilla pusilla — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 183
Phelsuma pusilla pusilla — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni MEIER 1989
Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni MEIER 1989
Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 296
Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni — BERGHOF 2005: 102
Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 184
Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015
Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni — RÖSLER 2020 
DistributionE coast of Madagascar (Perinet, Ambila Lemaitso, Tamatave, Fénérive), Ste. Marie

hallmanni: Madagascar (Perinet). Type locality: Perinet (Andasibe)

Type locality: “Ambila Lemaitso bei Brickaville, Ost-Madagaskar.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 57512, male
Holotype: ZFMK 50342, paratypes: ZFMK, SMF, ZSM [hallmanni] 
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CommentMember of the Phelsuma lineata (phenetic) group (GLAW, VENCES & ZIEGLER 1999). Phelsuma quadriocellata parva MEIER 1983 and P. pusilla pusilla MERTENS 1964 are the smallest known members of the genus Phelsuma (total length 85 mm).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “pusillus, -a, -um” = small, tiny.

P. p. hallmanni was named after Gerhard Hallmann (20. April 1935 ‒ 29. July 2016), German hobby herpetologist. See Bischoff 2015, 2017. 
References
  • Andreone F., Randrianirina J., Jenkins P.D. & Aprea G. 2000. Species diversity of Amphibia, Reptilia and Lipotyphla (Mammalia) at Ambolokopatrika, a rainforest between the Anjanaharibe-Sud and Marojejy massifs, NE Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 1587–1622 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Berghof, P. 2014. Phelsumenhaltung im Terrarium. Eine Erfolgsstory? Reptilia (Münster) 19 (105): 18-26
  • Bischoff, Wolfgang 2017. Gerhard Hallmann (20. April 1935 ‒ 29. Juli 2016) Sekretär 17 (1): - get paper here
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here
  • Gehring, P.S. 2007. Verhaltensbeobachtungen an Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma im Nordosten Madagaskars mit einem neuen Verbreitungsnachweis für Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida KRÜGER, 1993. Sauria 29 (2): 27-34 - get paper here
  • Gehring, P.S. & Glaw, F. 2010. Bunte Vielfalt in modernem Licht: Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma. Draco 11 (43): 4-21
  • Gehring, Philip-Sebastian; Angelica Crottini,, Frank Glaw, Susanne Hauswaldt & Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina 2010. Notes on the natural history, distribution and malformations of day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 3: 321-327
  • 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. & 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
  • Hallmann, G.; Krüger, J. & Trautmann, G. 2008. Faszinierende Taggeckos. Die Gattung Phelsuma. 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 253 pp. - get paper here
  • Krüger, Jens 1999. Neue Erkenntnisse zur Faunistik einiger Reptilien Madagaskars. Salamandra 35 (2): 65-76 - get paper here
  • Meier, H. 1982. Ergebnisse zur Taxonomie und Ökologie einiger Arten und Unterarten der Gattung Phelsuma auf Madagaskar, gesammelt in den Jahren 1972 bis 1981, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Form (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 18 (3-4): 168—190 - get paper here
  • Meier, H. 1983. Neue Ergebnisse über Phelsuma lineata pusilla MERTENS 1964, Phelsuma bimaculata KAUDERN 1922 und Phelsuma quadriocellata (PETERS, 1883), mit Beschreibung von zwei neuen Unterarten (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 19 (3): 108-122 - get paper here
  • Meier, H. 1989. Eine neue Form aus der lineata-gruppe der Gattung Phelsuma auf Madagaskar. Salamandra 25 (3-4): 230-236 - get paper here
  • Meier, H. 1989. Zur Faunistik madagassischer Taggeckos der gattung Phelsuma östlich von Fianarantsoa, bei Tamatave und auf der Insel Ste. Marie. Salamandra 25 (3-4): 224-229 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1964. Fünf neue Rassen der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. Senckenbergiana Biologica 45: 99-112.
  • 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. 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
  • Schneider, C. 2016. Reptiliensuche auf Madagaskar. Reptilia 21 (118): 74-79 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Van Beest, Piet 2004. Herpetologische waarnemingen op Madagaskar, aprol 2001 deel 4: het Noorden. Lacerta 62 (6): 226-255 - get paper here
 
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