Cheke's day gecko

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Geckos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Phelsuma
Species: P. abbotti
Subspecies: P. a. chekei
Trinomial name
Phelsuma abbotti chekei
Börner and Minuth, 1984

Cheke's day gecko (Phelsuma abbotti chekei) is a day gecko that primarily eats insects and fruits.

This species has been given several different scientific names:

  • Phelsuma abbotti chekei (Börner and Minuth 1984)
  • Phelsuma chekei Börner and Minuth 1984
  • Phelsuma befotakensis Börner and Minuth 1982 (fide Meier and Böhme)
  • Phelsuma abbotti pulchra Rendahl 1939 (fide Meier 1982)
  • Phelsuma abbotti sumptio Cheke, 1982
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