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Orange-spotted Day Gecko
Phelsuma guimbeaui Mertens, 1963

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to Mauritius. It is established on O’ahu, Hawai'i (McKeown 1996, A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Incorporated, Los Osos, California).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.07.02.07.29.50)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1963 Mertens, Robert. Studien über die Reptilienfauna Madagaskars. IV. Zwei neue Arten der Geckonengattung Phelsuma. [Studies on the reptile fauna of Madagascar. IV. Two new species of the gecko genus Phelsuma.] Senckenbergiana biologica 44():349-356
1996 McKeown, Sean. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc., Los Osos, California. pp.

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