Phelsuma abbotti

{{Speciesbox

| name = Phelsuma abbotti

| image = Phelsuma abbotti chekei 188291768.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Gerlach, J. |author-link=species:Justin Gerlach |author2=Ineich, I. |author2-link=species:Ivan Ineich |author3=Raxworthy, C. |author3-link=species:Christopher John Raxworthy |date=2011 |title=Phelsuma abbotti |volume=2011 |page=e.T61431A12483018 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T61431A12483018.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Phelsuma

| species = abbotti

| authority = Stejneger, 1893

| range_map = Phelsuma abbotti distribution.png

| synonyms =

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Phelsuma abbotti, commonly known as Abbott's day gecko, the Aldabra day gecko, and the Assumption day gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Geographic range

P. abbotti is found in Madagascar and Seychelles.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are distinguished:{{NRDB species|genus=Phelsuma|species=abbotti}}

Phelsuma abbotti abbotti {{small|Stejneger, 1893}} – Aldabra Island day gecko (Aldabra Atoll, the Seychelles)
Phelsuma abbotti chekei {{small|Börner & Minuth, 1984}} – Cheke's day gecko (Madagascar)
Phelsuma abbotti sumptio {{small|Cheke, 1982}} – Assumption Island day gecko (Assumption Island, the Seychelles)

Habitat

The natural habitats of P. abbotti are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced vegetation.

Reproduction

P. abbotti is oviparous.

Etymology

P. abbotti is named after American naturalist William Louis Abbott.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, p. 1).