Cheke's day gecko

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| image = Phelsuma abbotti chekei 188291768.jpg

| genus = Phelsuma

| species = abbotti

| subspecies = chekei

| authority = Börner & Minuth, 1984

| synonyms = * Phelsuma befotakensis
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(fide Meier & Böhme, 1996)

  • Phelsuma chekei
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  • Phelsuma abbotti chekei
    {{small|— Glaw & Vences, 1994}}

| synonyms_ref = {{EMBL species|genus=Phelsuma|species=abbotti}} www.reptile-database.org.

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Cheke's day gecko (Phelsuma abbotti chekei) is a subspecies of day gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

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Etymology

The subspecific name, chekei, is in honor of British ornithologist Anthony S. Cheke.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).

Distribution

P. a. chekei is found on the island of Madagascar.

Diet

P. a. chekei primarily eats insects and fruits.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}

Reproduction

P. a. chekei is oviparous.

References

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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).

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Category:Phelsuma

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