Genus Phelsuma
(day geckos)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Lepidosauria (amphisbaenians, lizards, snakes, and tuataras)
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  Order Squamata (amphisbaenians, lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Scleroglossa (geckos, amphisbaenians, skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Infraorder Gekkota (blind lizards, geckos, and legless lizards)
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  Family Gekkonidae (geckos)
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  Genus Phelsuma (day geckos)
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  Species Phelsuma abbotti
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  Species Phelsuma andamanense
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  Species Phelsuma antanosy
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  Species Phelsuma astriata
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  Species Phelsuma barbouri
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  Species Phelsuma berghofi
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  Species Phelsuma borbonica
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  Species Phelsuma breviceps
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  Species Phelsuma cepediana
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  Species Phelsuma comorensis
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  Species Phelsuma dubia
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  Species Phelsuma edwardnewtoni
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  Species Phelsuma flavigularis
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  Species Phelsuma gigas
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  Species Phelsuma guentheri (round island day gecko)
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  Species Phelsuma guimbeaui (Mauritius forest day gecko)
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  Species Phelsuma guttata
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