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Phelsuma astriata TORNIER, 1901

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPhelsuma astriata astriata TORNIER 1901
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata CHEKE 1982 
Common NamesE: Seychelles Day Gecko
G: Kleiner Seychellen-Taggecko 
SynonymPhelsuma lineata var. astriata TORNIER 1901
Phelsuma astriata — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma astriata — RÖSLER 2000: 101

Phelsuma astriata astriata TORNIER 1901
Phelsuma carinatum RENDAHL 1939 (fide MERTENS 1962)
Phelsuma carinatum maheense RENDAHL 1939 (fide MERTENS 1962)
Phelsuma astovei FITZSIMONS 1948
Phelsuma astriata astriata — MERTENS 1962: 88
Phelsuma astriata astovei — MERTENS 1962: 89
Phelsuma astriata astovei — CHEKE 1982: 188
Phelsuma astriata astriata — BERGHOF 2005: 69
Phelsuma astriata astriata — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 83
Phelsuma astriata astovei — MASHININI & MAHLANGU 2013
Phelsuma astriata astriata — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma astriata semicarinata CHEKE 1982
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata CHEKE 1982: 192
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata — BERGHOF 2005: 69
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 84
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata — BERGHOF 2014
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata — PAWLOWSKI 2017
Phelsuma astriata semicarinata — PAWLOWSKI 2019 
DistributionSeychelles (Astove, Mahe, Praslin, Curieuse, La Digue, Praslin Island)

astriata: Mahé, Praslin, Silhouette, Thérèse, Astove, Frégate; Type locality: Mahé, Seychelles.

no longer recognized: astovei: Astove; Type locality: Astove Island; Holotype: TM

semicarinata; northeastern islands of the Inner Seychelles, Denis, Daros, St. Joseph  
Reproductionoviparous; shows temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) (Budzinski 1999) 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 16842, female (designated by BAUER & GÜNTHER 1991)
Holotype: BMNH 1976.1884 [semicarinata] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
References
  • Austin, J.J.; E. N. Arnold and C. G. Jones 2004. Reconstructing an island radiation using ancient and recent DNA: the extinct and living day geckos (Phelsuma) of the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (1): 109-122 - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M. & Günther,R. 1991. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum , Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310 - get paper here
  • Berghof, H.-P. 2005. Taggeckos. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 144 pp. - get paper here
  • Berghof, P. 2014. Phelsumenhaltung im Terrarium. Eine Erfolgsstory? Reptilia (Münster) 19 (105): 18-26
  • Budzinski, R.-M. 1999. Induktion des männlichen Geschlechts bei Geckos der Gattung Phelsuma durch tägliche kurzzeitige Inkubation bei hoher Temperatur. Sauria 21 (3): 43-46 - get paper here
  • Budzinski, S. & Budzinski, R.-M. 1998. Haltung und Vermehrung von Phelsuma astriata astriata. Elaphe 6 (2): 15-18
  • Budzinski, S. & Budzinski, R.M. 2010. Erfahrungen bei der Pflege und Vermehrung des Kleinen Seychellen-Taggeckos, Phelsuma astriata astriata TORNIER 1901. Draco 11 (43): 77-85 - get paper here
  • Cheke, A. S. 1982. Phelsuma GRAY 1825 in the Seychelles and neighbouring islands: A re-appraisal of their taxonomy and description of two new forms (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 62 [1981]:181—198
  • FitzSimons, V. 1948. Descriptions of two new frogs from Natal and a gecko from Astove Island. Robert Broom Commemorative Volume 1948. Special Publication of the Royal Society of South Africa, pp. 235-242
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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
  • Hoesch, U. 1982. Herpetologische Beobachtungen auf den Seychellen. Herpetofauna 4 (17): 31-33 - get paper here
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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
  • Mertens,R. 1962. Die Arten und Unterarten der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. Senckenbergiana biologica 43: 81-127
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  • Murphy, T.J. & A.A. Myers 1996. The Behavioral Ecology of Phelsuma astriata semicarinata on Aride Island Nature Reserve, Seychelles Journal of Herpetology 30 (1): 117-123. - get paper here
  • PAWLOWSKI, S. 2011. The Day Geckos of the Genus Phelsuma GRAY, 1825, on the Central Seychelles Islands. Sauria, Berlin 33 (2): 31-46 - get paper here
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  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
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