Phelsuma grandis
Gray, 1870
fel-SUE-muh — GRAN-dis
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to Madagascar. It was introduced via the pet trade during the 1990s and is established in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida (Bartlett and Bartlett, 1999, A Field Guide to Florida Reptiles and Amphibians. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas; Krysko et al., 2003, Florida Scientist 66: 222–225; Krysko, 2019, Phelsuma grandis. Pages 336–338 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida) and on O’ahu, Hawai'i (Kraus, 2002, Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 69: 48–52).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1870
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Gray, John E. Note on a new night-lizard (Phelsuma grandis) from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(6):19
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1996
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McKeown, Sean. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc., Los Osos, California. pp.
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1999
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Bartlett, Richard D. and Patricia P. Bartlett. A Field Guide to Florida Reptiles and Amphibians. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas. 280pp.
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2002
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Kraus, Fred. New records of alien reptiles in Hawai'i. s. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2000, Part 2: Notes. Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 69:48-52
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2003
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Krysko, Kenneth L., A. Nichole Hooper, and Coleman M. Sheehy III. The Madagascar giant day gecko, Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis Gray 1870 (Sauria: Gekkonidae): A new established species in Florida. Florida Scientist 66:222-225
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