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Blue-tailed Day Gecko

Reptiles

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Pollinator 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Phelsuma cepediana 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Phelsuma, Taxa
Source Blue-tailed Day Gecko (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Blue-tailed Day Gecko
Wikipedia
  • Habitat and distribution
    This species is the sole pollinator and seed disperser of a climbing shrub, Roussea simplex, which is endemic to the mountains of Mauritius.
  • Section: Diet
    The blue-tailed day gecko feeds on various insects and other invertebrates
  • Section: Diet; begins "The blue-tailed day gecko feeds on various insec"
    The blue-tailed day gecko feeds on various insects and other invertebrates.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 343797
    It typically inhabits warm and humid places and dwells on different trees and bushes.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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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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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Phelsuma cepediana
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 3575
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 3575
"rank":"SPECIES","name_status":"A","updated_at":"2019-01-08T15:00:17.149Z","active":true,"cites_listing":"II"
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