Phelsuma roesleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Phelsuma roesleri Glaw, Gehring, Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2010: 84

Holotype: ZSM 1517/2008 (FGZC 1828), adult ♂, hemipenes everted, collected by F. Glaw and Z.T. Nagy on 24 February 2008.
Type locality: “Ankarana Massif approximately 2 km NE Mahamasina (aerial distance), 12°57’42’’ S, 49°08’59’’ E, 128 m elevation, Antsiranana Province, north Madagascar”.
Paratypes (n=3): UADBA uncatalogued (FGZC 1645–1646), two specimens (most probably adult) of unknown sex, ZSM 1516/2008 (FGZC 1667), ♂, all collected at the type locality, by F. Glaw, M. Franzen, J. Köhler, A. G. Rakotovao and K. Zafinasolo on 14 February 2008.

Glaw, F., Gehring, P.-S., Köhler, J., Franzen, M. & Vences, M. 2010. A new dwarf species of day gecko, genus Phelsuma, from the Ankarana pinnacle karst in northern Madagascar. Salamandra 46(2): 83–92. PDF Reference page.

Gehring, P.S. & Glaw, F. 2010. Bunte Vielfalt in modernem Licht: Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma. Draco 11(43): 4–21.

Ratsoavina, F., Glaw, F., Rakotondravony, H., Rabibisoa, N. & Rakotondrazafy, N.A. 2011. IUCN: Phelsuma roesleri (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T193488A8863168. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T193488A8863168.en. Accessed on 22 December 2025.