Phelsuma borai

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| status_ref={{cite journal|author=Raxworthy CJ, Ratsoavina F, Glaw F, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA, Bora P|title=Phelsuma borai |journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2011|year=2011|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T193263A8853565.en|doi-access=free}}

| genus = Phelsuma

| species = borai

| authority = Glaw, J. Köhler & Vences, 2009

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

Etymology

The specific name, borai, is in honor of Malagasy herpetologist Parfait Bora.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Phelsuma borai, p. 31).

Geographic range

P. borai is found in the Melaky region of western Madagascar.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. borai is dry deciduous forest, at an altitude of {{convert|177|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Description

Dorsally, P. borai is grayish brown; ventrally it is whitish. Unlike most other species in its genus, it has no green or red coloration. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|4.2|cm|in|abbr=on}}, and it has a tail length of {{convert|4.6|cm|in|abbr=on}}, which is slightly longer than its SVL.Glaw F, Köhler J, Vences M (2009).

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. borai is unknown.

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