Phelsuma roesleri explained

Phelsuma roesleri, also known commonly as Rösler's day gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, roesleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Herbert Rösler (born 1952).^[1]

Geographic range

P. roesleri is found in the Diana Region of extreme northern Madagascar.

Habitat

The natural habitat of P. roesleri is forest at an altitude of 128m (420feet).

Description

Small for its genus, the maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for P. roesleri is 36mm, and the maximum recorded total length (including tail) is 72mm.

Further reading

• 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. (Phelsuma roesleri, new species).
• Glaw F, Rösler H (2015). "Taxonomic check list of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 247–283. (Phelsuma roesleri, p. 269).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Phelsuma roesleri, p. 224).