Phelsuma grandis

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.26.33, ♂.
Type locality: “Madagascar”.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Phelsuma grandis Gray, 1870: 191

Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis Mertens, 1970: 51 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Phelsuma grandis — Raxworthy, Ingram, Rabibisoa & Pearson, 2007: 917 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Gray, J.E. 1870. Note on a new night-lizard (Phelsuma grandis) from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4 6(32): 191. BHL
Raxworthy, C.J., Ingram, C.M., Rabibisoa, N. & Pearson, R.G. 2007. Applications of Ecological Niche Modeling for Species Delimitation: A Review and Empirical Evaluation Using Day Geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Systematic Biology 56(6): 907–923. DOI: 10.1080/10635150701775111 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Phelsuma grandis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 January 2020.
Ratsoavina, F., Glaw, F. & Rakotondrazafy, N.A. 2011. IUCN: Phelsuma grandis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T193490A8863630. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T193490A8863630.en

Deutsch: Großer Madagascar-Taggecko
English: Giant Madagascar Day Gecko