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Cheke's day gecko (Phelsuma abbotti chekei) is a subspecies of day gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
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Cheke's day gecko at The Gecko Gallery NYC.
EtymologyEdit
The subspecific name, chekei, is in honor of British ornithologist Anthony S. Cheke.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Phelsuma abbotti chekei, p. 52).</ref>
DistributionEdit
P. a. chekei is found on the island of Madagascar.<ref name=RDB/>
DietEdit
P. a. chekei primarily eats insects and fruits.Template:Citation needed
ReproductionEdit
P. a. chekei is oviparous.<ref name=RDB/>
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Börner A-R, Minuth W (1984). "On the taxonomy of the Indian Ocean Lizards of the Phelsuma madagascariensis species group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 81 (2): 243–281. (Phelsuma chekei, new species, p. 259).
- Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. Template:ISBN.
- Meier H, Böhme W (1996). "Zum taxonomischen Status des Formenkreises von Phelsuma abbotti STEJNEGER, 1893, mit Bemerkungen über P. masohoala RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1994 ". Salamandra 32 (2): 85–98. (in German, with an abstract in English).