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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
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] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after H. Sundberg. 
References
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  • Berghof, P. 2014. Phelsumenhaltung im Terrarium. Eine Erfolgsstory? Reptilia (Münster) 19 (105): 18-26
  • Böhme, W., and H. Meier. 1981. Eine neue Form der madagascariensis—Gruppe der Gattung Phelsuma von den Seychellen (Reptilia: Sauna: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 17 (1-2):12-19 - get paper here
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  • Gehring, P.S. & Glaw, F. 2010. Bunte Vielfalt in modernem Licht: Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma. Draco 11 (43): 4-21
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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
  • Hofer, D. 1992. Phelsuma sundbergi RENDAHL, 1939 erbeutet Fische, nebst weiteren Beobachtungen auf den Seychellen. Salamandra 28 (2): 153-155 - get paper here
  • Loveridge,A.R. 1942. Revision of the Afro-Oriental geckos of the genus Phelsuma. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 89: 439-482 - get paper here
  • 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. 1966. Die nichtmadagassichen Arten und Unterarten der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. Senckenbergiana Biologica 47:85—110
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  • Rendahl, H. 1939. Zur Herpetologie der Seychellen. I. Reptilien. Zool. Jb. Syst. 72: 255-328.
  • 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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  • Wirth, M. 2010. Farbensprühende Schönheiten auf Traumeilanden - die Taggeckos des inneren Seychellen. Draco 11 (43): 29-44 - get paper here
 
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