Phelsuma guimbeaui
Mertens, 1963
FEL-soo-mah — gwim-BOW-ee-eye
SSAR 9th Edition 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).
(Krysko, Kenneth and Travis W. Taggart. 2025. Established Exotic Species. Pages 64-87 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
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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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Hawaii
Taxonomic Etymology:
A colorful gecko Named for a Mauritian naturalist.
Phelsuma — A patronym honoring Murk van Phelsum (1730–1779), a Dutch physician and naturalist.
guimbeaui — A patronym honoring Jean François Guimbeau, a 19th-century Mauritian naturalist and collector who supplied specimens to European museums.
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1963
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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
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1996
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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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