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Phelsuma guentheri  Boulenger, 1885
Taxonomic Serial No.: 202165

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Round Island Day Gecko [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderGekkota   
                               FamilyGekkonidae  – Geckos  
                                  GenusPhelsuma Gray, 1825 – Day Geckos  
                                     SpeciesPhelsuma guentheri Boulenger, 1885 – Round Island Day Gecko  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Aaron Bauer, Ph.D.  
  Notes: Professor, Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology   
  Reference for: Phelsuma guentheri    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES species, CD-ROM (version 2008)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2008. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-029-3. Available online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/sca/cd_checklist-info/ or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Phelsuma guentheri   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phelsuma guentheri   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kluge, A. G.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Gekkonoid Lizard Taxonomy   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: International Gecko Society   
  Publication Place: San Diego, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phelsuma guentheri   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service  
  Publication Date: 1974   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taking, Possession, Transportation, Sale, Purchase, Barter, Exportation, and Importation of Wildlife   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 39, no. 3   
  Page(s): 1158-1185   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phelsuma guentheri, Round Island Day Gecko [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wermuth, H.  
  Publication Date: 1965   
  Article/Chapter Title: Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Das Tierreich, vol. 80   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Walter de Gruyter & Co.   
  Publication Place: Berlin, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phelsuma guentheri   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: US ESA: Listed Endangered, included in the U.S. List of Endangered Foreign Fish and Wildlife, as published in Federal Register Volume 39, Number 3, Pages 1158 - 1185, January 04, 1974  
    CITES: Appendix II listed under Phelsuma, adopted at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (The Hague, 2007)  
 

 

    

 
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