The Seychelles day gecko, also called the stripeless day gecko, is a lizard endemic to the Seychelles, with subspecies found on Mahe, Praslin, Silhouette and other inner islands, plus an introduced population on Reunion. It lives in dry and moist forest, mangrove, shrubland, plantations, rural gardens and urban areas, and eats vegetables of almost any kind. It has a notable ability to shift the intensity of its green coloring with light, appearing bright green in daylight but darkening to nearly black when kept somewhere dark.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Phelsuma, Taxa Source Phelsuma astriata (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Seychelles Day Gecko (Wikipedia)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
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1. Phelsuma astriata (Wikipedia)
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropica
2. Phelsuma astriata (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2711366 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q2711366
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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