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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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'''''Phelsuma roesleri''''', also known [[Biology:Common name|commonly]] as '''Rösler's day gecko''', is a [[Biology:Species|species]] of [[Biology:Lizard|lizard]] in the family [[Biology:Gekkonidae|Gekkonidae]]. The species is [[Biology:Endemism|endemic]] to {{wipe|Madagascar}}.

==Etymology==
The [[Biology:Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''roesleri'', is in honor of German herpetologist Herbert Rösler (born 1952).<ref>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 roesleri'', p. 224).</ref>

==Geographic range==
''P. roesleri'' is found in the Diana Region of extreme northern {{wipe|Madagascar}}.<ref name=RDB/>

==Habitat==
The natural [[Earth:Habitat|habitat]] of ''P. roesleri'' is [[Earth:Forest|forest]] at an altitude of {{convert|128|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=iucn/>

==Description==
Small for its [[Biology:Genus|genus]], the maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for ''P. roesleri'' is {{convert|36|mm|in|abbr=on}}, and the maximum recorded total length (including tail) is {{convert|72|mm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=RDB/>

==References==
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<ref name=iucn>{{cite journal|author=Ratsoavina F, Glaw F, Rakotondravony H, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA|title=''Phelsuma roesleri ''|journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2011|year=2011|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T193488A8863168.en|doi-access=free}}</ref>
<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Phelsuma|species=roesleri|accessdate=1 January 2019}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
*Glaw F, Gehring P-S, Köhler J, Franzen M, Vences M (2010). "A new dwarf species of day gecko, genus ''Phelsuma'', from the Ankarana pinnacle karst in northern Madagascar". ''Salamandra'' '''46''' (2): 83–92. (''Phelsuma roesleri'', new species).
*Glaw F, Rösler H (2015). "Taxonomic check list of the day geckos of the genera ''Phelsuma'' Gray, 1825 and ''Rhoptropella'' Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". ''Vertebrate Zoology'' '''65''' (2): 247–283. (''Phelsuma roesleri'', p. 269).


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