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Phelsuma sundbergi RENDAHL, 1939

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPhelsuma sundbergi sundbergi RENDAHL 1939
Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis BÖHME & MEIER 1981
Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae RENDAHL 1939 
Common NamesE: Seychelles Giant Day Gecko 
SynonymPhelsuma sundbergi RENDAHL 1939
Phelsuma pulchra RENDAHL 1939
Phelsuma cousinense RENDAHL 1939
Phelsuma madagascariensis sundbergi — MERTENS 1962: 108
Phelsuma madagascariensis sundbergi — WERMUTH 1965: 131
Phelsuma menaiensis MERTENS 1966
Phelsuma rubra BÖRNER & MINUTH 1982
Phelsuma umbrae BÖRNER & MINUTH 1982
Phelsuma longinsulae menaiensis — CHEKE 1982: 188
Phelsuma sundbergi — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma sundbergi — RÖSLER 2000: 103
Phelsuma sundbergi sundbergi — BERGHOF 2005: 85
Phelsuma sundbergi sundbergi — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 209
Phelsuma longinsulae umbrae — DE LISLE et al. 2013: 197
Phelsuma longinsulae menaiensis — DE LISLE et al. 2013: 197
Phelsuma longinsulae rubra — DE LISLE et al. 2013: 197
Phelsuma sundbergi sundbergi — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis BÖHME & MEIER 1981
Phelsuma madagascariensis (sundbergi) ladiguensis BÖHME & MEIER 1981
Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis — BERGHOF 2005: 85
Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 211
Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis — WIRTH 2010
Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae RENDAHL 1939
Phelsuma longinsulae RENDAHL 1939: 279
Phelsuma pulchrum RENDAHL 1939: 280
Phelsuma pulchrum cousinense RENDAHL 1939: 283
Phelsuma madagascariensis longinsulae — LOVERIDGE 1942: 466
Phelsuma abbotti longinsulae — MERTENS 1962: 86
Phelsuma abbotti pulchra — MERTENS 1962: 87
Phelsuma abbotti longinsulae — WERMUTH 1965: 126
Phelsuma abbotti pulchra — HOESCH 1982
Phelsuma longinsulae — CHEKE 1982: 184
Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae — BERGHOF 2005: 85
Phelsuma sundbergi — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 212
Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae — GEHRING & GLAW 2010
Phelsuma longinsulae longinsulae — DE LISLE et al. 2013: 196
Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015 
DistributionSeychelles (La Digue, Praslin, Curieuse, Desroches)

ladiguensis: La Digue Island, Seychelles.

longinsulae: Seychelles; Type locality: Long Island.

no longer recognized: pulchra: Seychelles (Mahé, Cousine); Type locality: Mahé.

Type locality: Praslin Island, Seychelles.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: NRM = NRS 4004
Syntypes: NRM = NRS 3997, 4000 [pulchra]
Lectotype: ZMB 10456 (designated by Meir, 1983), fide Lisle eet al. 2013: 197; also given as NRS 4002 (syntypes), females [longinsulae]
Holotype: SMF 60086 [menaiensis]
Holotype: ZFMK 33411, Paratypes: ZSM (formerly ZFMK 33419) [ladiguensis] 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after H. Sundberg. 
References
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  • Meier, H. 1982. Zur Taxonomie und Ökologie der Gattung Phelsuma auf den Seychellen, mit Nachträgen zu dieser Gattung auf den Komoren (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 18 (1-2): 49-55 - get paper here
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