REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE: Phelsuma

Phelsuma standingi Methuen and Hewitt, 1913

Standing's day gecko

Photos & text by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

Range: Southwestern Madagascar.

Diagnosis: A day gecko with thick brown crossbands on a pale green background.

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Literature: Click on book to order a copy.

Glaw, Frank and Miguel Vences. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second edition. Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. ISBN: 3-929449-01-3.

Henkel, F-W. and Wolfgang Schmidt. 1995. Amphibien und Reptilien Madagaskars, der Maskarenen, Seychellen und Komoren. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart. [In German.] ISBN: 3-8001-7323-9.

McKeown, Sean. 1993. The General Care and Maintenance of Day Geckos. AVS Books, Escondido, CA. ISBN: 1-882770-22-6.

Meier, Harald. 1977. Beobachtungen an Phelsuma standingi. Salamandra 13(1):1-12.