Rodrigues day gecko

Rodrigues day gecko
Museum specimen

Extinct (1917)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Phelsuma
Species:
†P. edwardnewtoni
Binomial name
†Phelsuma edwardnewtoni
Synonyms[2]
  • Phelsuma newtoni
    Boulenger, 1884
  • Phelsuma newtonii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Phelsuma edwardnewtoni
    J. Vinson & J.-M. Vinson, 1969
  • Phelsuma edwardnewtoni
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Phelsuma edwardnewtoni
    — Rösler, 2000

The Rodrigues day gecko (Phelsuma edwardnewtoni), also known commonly as the Rodrigues blue-dotted day gecko, is an extinct species of day gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, where it typically inhabited forests and dwelt in trees. The Rodrigues day gecko fed on insects and nectar.

  1. ^ Cole N (2021). "Phelsuma edwardnewtoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17432631A17432636.en. Accessed on 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ Species Phelsuma edwardnewtoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.