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| | History of the genus Phelsuma |
 | | phelsuma madagascariensis grandis, phelsumen, genus, reptilia, gecko, gekko, gekkonidae, gekkota, reptiles, biology, ecology, biogeography, evolution, species dispersal, adaptive radiation, rodrigues, aldabra, captive care, laticauda, vitamines, green, day gecko, lighting, palm, breviceps, modesta primary forest ampasindava madagascar masoala, mangabe, nosy be, national park RNI lokobe, ankarafatsika, |
 | | The Belgian zoologist George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937) classified the genus Phelsuma under the family Gekkonidae in his "Catalogue of the British Museum". |
 | | During the late 1970's and 1980's it was the German herpetologist Harald Meier, in the footsteps of Robert Mertens, that contributed to the knowledge of the genus with 12 new taxa, obtained during his many travels to the south western Indian Ocean. |
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