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Phelsuma berghofi

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal|title=Phelsuma berghofi |author=Raxworthy CJ, Ratsoavina F, Glaw F, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA, Bora P|journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2011|year=2011|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172765A6913725.en|doi-access=free}}

| genus = Phelsuma

| species = berghofi

| authority = Krüger, 1996

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Phelsuma berghofi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, berghofi, is in honor of German herpetologist Hans-Peter Berghof.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Phelsuma berghofi, p. 24).

Geographic range

P. berghofi is native to the Atsimo-Atsinanana region of southeastern Madagascar.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. berghofi are grassland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to about {{convert|50|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Description

A medium-sized species for its genus, P. berghofi may attain a total length (including tail) of {{convert|12|or|15|cm|in|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

P. berghofi is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Berghof H-P (2005). Taggeckos. Münster, Germany: Natur und Tier Verlag. 144 pp. (Phelsuma berghofi, p. 111). (in German).
  • Hallmann, Gerhard; Krüger, Jens; Trautmann, Gerd (2008). Faszinierende Taggeckos: Die Gattung Phelsuma. Münster, Germany: Natur und Tier Verlag. 253 pp. {{ISBN|978-3866590595}}. (Phelsuma berghofi, p. 88). (in German).
  • Krüger J (1996). "Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus der Gattung Phelsuma aus dem Süd-Osten Madagaskars ". Herpetofauna 18 (105): 14–18. (Phelsuma berghofi, new species). (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phelsuma berghofi, p. 101). (in German).

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Category:Phelsuma

Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar

Category:Reptiles of Madagascar

Category:Reptiles described in 1996

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