2009年8月13日 星期四

Phelsuma borai - 一種產於馬達加斯加西部Bermaraha國家公園具隱蔽性體色的日守宮新種

文獻來源: Glaw F, Köhler, J, Vences M. 2009. A new species of cryptically coloured day gecko (Phelsuma) from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in western Madagascar. Zootaxa 2195: 61-68.

Abstract
Phelsuma borai sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae) is described from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, a deciduous dry forest on a karstic limestone massif in western Madagascar. The new species, known from a single specimen only, has a greyish-brown ground colouration and the ability of remarkable colour change. In terms of colouration and morphology it most closely resembles Phelsuma mutabilis, which might occur in sympatry, but differs by scalation, colouration and strong genetic divergence.