Phelsuma hoeschi

Phelsuma hoeschi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Phelsuma
Species:	P. hoeschi
Binomial name
Phelsuma hoeschi Berghof & Trautmann, 2009

Phelsuma hoeschi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Atsinanana Region of Madagascar. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, hoeschi, is in honor of German amateur herpetologist Udo Hoesch, who discovered this species. ^{[3] [4]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. hoeschi is unknown, as the species has only been collected from disturbed habitats near beaches and villages, at altitudes of 12–594 m (39–1,949 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

P. hoeschi is oviparous. ^[2] Eggs are laid in knotholes of small trees. ^[1]

References

1. Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Glaw, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P. (2011). "Phelsuma hoeschi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T193492A8864055.en .
2. Phelsuma hoeschi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phelsuma hoeschi, p. 124).
4. Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Wahlgren, Richard (2012). "Book Review: The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles". Bibliotheca Herpetologica10 (1): 28–31. (Phelsuma hoeschi, p. 29).

Further reading

• Berghof H-P, Trautmann (2009). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Phelsuma GRAY, 1825 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) von der Ostküste Madagaskars ". Sauria, Berlin31 (1): 5–14. (Phelsuma hoeschi, new species). (in German, with abstracts in English and Malagasy).
• Gehring P-S, Glaw F, Gehara M, Ratsoavina FM, Vences M (2013). "Northern origin and diversification in the central lowlands? – Complex phylogeography and taxonomy of widespread day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar". Organisms Diversity & Evolution13: 605–620.
• Glaw F, Rösler H (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology65 (2): 247–283.