The blue-tailed day gecko is a diurnal lizard endemic to the island of Mauritius, reaching a total length of about 9.5 to 14 centimeters with females generally smaller than males. Males are light green to bluish green with a bright blue back, dark red spots and a deep blue tail, while females are duller with a green back and rust colored spots. It lives in warm, humid places on trees such as coconut palm, banana and papaya, and is the sole pollinator and seed disperser of the climbing shrub Roussea simplex, endemic to Mauritius's mountains.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Phelsuma, Taxa Source Blue-tailed Day Gecko (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Blue-tailed Day Gecko
Wikipedialead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 343797
It typically inhabits warm and humid places and dwells on different trees and bushes.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source 2. Blue-tailed Day Gecko (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2897612 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Phelsuma, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1429208 (Phelsuma)
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