目前有少數幾種
Phelsuma madagascariensis madagascariensis
Phelsuma lineata
Phelsuma standingi
Phelsuma quadriocellata
Phelsuma laticauda
還有一種P. klimmeri應該也已經被大量繁殖應寵物市場所需, 但目前我們並沒有在台灣見到這個種類(應該是孤陋寡聞的關係), 其它如P. cepediana或P. inexpectata就別說了
這個屬為什麼會很重要呢? (1) 可愛 & 漂亮 (2) 多數種類都因為棲地破壞而瀕危所以列入CITES (3) 以馬達加斯加為多樣性與分布中心, 但又有種類的分布遠達分屬印度與印尼的安達曼群島, 在生物地理的討論上自然有一定的地位. (4) 在Florida已經有幾種逃逸變成當地的外來物種. 以台灣什麼都以美國馬首是瞻的情況下, 只要隨口說說Phelsuma可能是potential invasive species, 相信牠變成某個COA某三年的明星物種題材是指日可待的.
有關Phelsuma的相關重要文章有以下幾篇:
Austin JJ, Arnold EN, Jones CG. 2004. Reconstructing an island radiation using ancient and recent DNA: the extinct and living geckos (Phelsuma) of the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(1): 109-122.
Hansen DM, Beer K, Muller CB. 2006. Mauritian coloured nectar no longer a mystery: a visual signal for lizard pollinators. Biology Letters (2006)2: 165-168.
Kluge AG, Nussraum RA. 1995. A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata). Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 183: iv+20.
Losos JB. 1986. Island biogeography of Day Geckos (Phelsuma) in the Indian Ocean. Oecologia 68(3): 338-343.
Olesen JM, Valido A. 2003. Lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers: an island phenomenon. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18(4): 177-181.
Sound P, Kosuch J, Vences M, Seitz A, Veith M. 2006. Preliminary molecular relationships of Comoran day geckos (Phelsuma). In Vences M, Kohler TZ, Bohme W. (eds.), Herpetologia Bonnensis II. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica: 175-179.
Van Heygen E. 2004. The genus Phelsuma Gray, 1825 on the Ampasindava peninsula, Madagascar. Phelsuma 12:99-117.
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