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Phelsuma guttata KAUDERN, 1922

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Speckled Day Gecko 
SynonymPhelsuma guttata KAUDERN 1922: 418
Phelsuma guttata — MERTENS 1962: 96
Phelsuma guttata — KLUGE 1993
Phelsuma guttata — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 289
Phelsuma guttata — RÖSLER 2000: 102
Phelsuma guttata — BERGHOF 2005: 96
Phelsuma guttata — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 125
Phelsuma guttata — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015 
DistributionNE, E, S Madagascar (Fandrarazana, Nosy Boraha), Ste. Marie, Mamoko.

Type locality: Fandrarazana, NE Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: GNM ? or the Zoological Museum of the University of Stockholm (not provided by Kaudern but he referred to the collection described by Andersson 1910, which is in Stockholm). 
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CommentMember of the Phelsuma guttata (phenetic) group (GLAW, VENCES & ZIEGLER 1999).

Variation: Phelsuma guttata is a highly variable species. See photos in Mohan et al. 2019. 
Etymologynamed after its dorsal drop-shaped (actually irregular) red and black spots (Latin “gutta” = drop). 
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
  • 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
  • Berghof, H.-P. 2003. Phelsuma guttata KAUDERN 1922 - Ein sehr angenehmer Pflegling. Draco 4 (15): 59-63 - get paper here
  • Berghof, H.-P. 2005. Taggeckos. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 144 pp. - get paper here
  • Berghof, Hans-Peter 2010. A Very Pleasant Terrarium Gecko: Phelsuma guttata Kaudern, 1922. Gekko 6 (1): 30-36
  • Berghof, P. 2014. Phelsumenhaltung im Terrarium. Eine Erfolgsstory? Reptilia (Münster) 19 (105): 18-26
  • Gehring, P.-S., F. M. Ratsoavina & M. Vences 2010. Filling the gaps – amphibian and reptile records from lowland rainforests in eastern Madagascar. Salamandra 46 (4): 214-234 - 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. 2010. Fady, Tavy und Aye-Aye - unterwegs im Nordosten Madagaskars. Elaphe 18 (2): 62-71
  • Gehring, P.S. & Glaw, F. 2010. Bunte Vielfalt in modernem Licht: Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma. Draco 11 (43): 4-21
  • 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
  • Hartig, A. 2007. Madagaskar im Wohnzimmer. Reptilia (Münster) 12 (66): 64-67 - get paper here
  • Kaudern, W. 1922. Sauropsiden aus Madagascar. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 395-458. - get paper here
  • Meier, H. 1980. Zur Lebendfärbung, Lebensweise und Verbreitungsgebiet von Phelsuma guttata. Salamandra 16 (2): 82-88 - get paper here
  • Meier, H. 1987. Vorläufige Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Phelsuma von Madagascar. Salamandra 23: 204-211 - 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. 1962. Die Arten und Unterarten der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. Senckenbergiana biologica 43: 81-127
  • Mohan, A. V., P.-S. Gehring, M. D. Scherz, F. Glaw, F. M. Ratsoavina & M. Vences 2019. Comparative phylogeography and patterns of deep genetic differentiation of two gecko species, Paroedura gracilis and Phelsuma guttata, across north-eastern Madagascar. Salamandra 55 (3): 211-220 - 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
  • 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
  • Schönecker, P. & Schönecker, S. 2010. Phelsumensuche in Madagaskar - empfehlenswerte Ziele für Naturerlebnisse mit Taggeckos. Draco 11 (43): 65-76 - get paper here
 
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