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Phelsuma quadriocellata PETERS, 1883

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPhelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata PETERS 1883
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata KAUDERN 1922
Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida KRÜGER 1993 
Common NamesE: Peacock Day Gecko
G: Pfauenauge Taggecko 
SynonymPhelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata (PETERS 1883)
Pachydactylus quadriocellatus PETERS 1883
Phelsuma quadriocellata — LOVERIDGE 1942: 454
Phelsuma quadriocellata — MERTENS 1962: 110
Phelsuma quadriocellata leiura MEIER 1983
Phelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 296
Phelsuma quadriocellata leiura — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 296
Phelsuma cf. quadriocellata — ANDREONE et al. 2003
Phelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata — BERGHOF 2005: 104
Phelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 187
Phelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015

Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata KAUDERN 1922
Phelsuma bimaculata KAUDERN 1922
Phelsuma bimaculata — MERTENS 1962: 90
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata — MEIER 1983
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 296
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata — BERGHOF 2005: 104
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 188
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata — GEHRING et al. 2010
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata — BERGHOF 2014
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015
Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata — RÖSLER 2018: 10

Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida KRÜGER 1993
Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida KRÜGER 1993
Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 296
Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida — BERGHOF 2005: 104
Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida — HALLMANN et al. 2008: 190
Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida — GLAW & RÖSLER 2015
Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida — RÖSLER 2020 
DistributionMadagascar, Nossi Be = Nosy Bé, Nosy Komba

bimaculata: around Fandrarazana; Type locality: Fandrarazana, E Madagascar.

lepida: NE Madagascar, Nosy Mangabe

Type locality: “Centrum ... Madagascar”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 10456 (designated by Meier 1983)
Holotype: SMF 57233 (leiura)
Syntypes: NRM = NHRM 3168, 1 male, 1 female (Kaudern 1922) (fide de Lisle et al. 2013) [bimaculata]
Holotype: ZFMK 54500, paratypes: ZFMK, ZSM, SMF [lepida] 
Diagnosis 
CommentMember of the Phelsuma lineata (phenetic) group (GLAW, VENCES & ZIEGLER 1999).

Subspecies: Phelsuma quadriocellata parva MEIER 1983 has been elevated to full species status.

Max length: 110 mm (quadriocellata, bimaculata), 125 mm (lepida), 90 mm (parva). 
EtymologyNamed after the four (Latin “quattuor) eye-shaped (Latin “oculus” = eye) spots (Latin “ocellatus”) in certain subspecies. 
References
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  • 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
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  • 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
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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
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  • 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
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