Biology:Cheke's day gecko
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Short description: Subspecies of lizard
| Phelsuma abbotti chekei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Phelsuma |
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| Subspecies: | P. a. chekei
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| Trinomial name | |
| Phelsuma abbotti chekei Börner & Minuth, 1984
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Cheke's day gecko (Phelsuma abbotti chekei) is a subspecies of day gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
Etymology
The subspecific name, chekei, is in honor of British ornithologist Anthony S. Cheke.[2]
Distribution
P. a. chekei is found on the island of Madagascar .[1]
Diet
P. a. chekei primarily eats insects and fruits.[citation needed]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Species Phelsuma abbotti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phelsuma abbotti chekei, p. 52).
Further reading
- Börner A-R, Minuth W (1984). "On the taxonomy of the Indian Ocean Lizards of the Phelsuma madagascariensis species group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 81 (2): 243–281. (Phelsuma chekei, new species, p. 259).
- Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN:978-3929449-01-3.
- Meier H, Böhme W (1996). "Zum taxonomischen Status des Formenkreises von Phelsuma abbotti STEJNEGER, 1893, mit Bemerkungen über P. masohoala RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1994 ". Salamandra 32 (2): 85–98. (in German, with an abstract in English).
Wikidata ☰ Q5089746 entry
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