Assumption Island day gecko

Assumption Island day gecko

Taxobox
name = Geckos
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Gekkonidae
subfamilia = Gekkoninae
genus = "Phelsuma"
species = "P. abbotti"
subspecies = "P. a. sumptio"
trinomial = "Phelsuma abbotti sumptio"
trinomial_authority = Cheke, 1982

Assumption Island day Gecko ("Phelsuma abbotti sumptio" Cheke, 1982), named after a small island outlying on the south west end of the Seychelles is a subspecies of geckos. This gecko is only found on Assumption Island. It typically reaches the length of 140 mm, lives on palm trees and feeds on insects and fruit.


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