Phelsuma edwardnewtoni Vinson & Vinson, 1969
Rodrigues day gecko, Rodrigues blue-dotted day gecko, Newton's day gecko
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Phelsuma newtoni Boulenger, 1884
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1917 (Cole, 2021); c.1920?
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Above: Phelsuma edwardnewtoni preserved specimen. Photograph by Jurriaan Schulman, released under GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
References
Original scientific description:
Vinson, J. and Vinson, J. M. (1969). The saurian fauna of the Mascarene Islands. Bull. Mauritius Inst. 6: 203-320.
Other references:
Austin, J.J., Arnold, E.N. and Jones, C.G. 2004. Reconstructing an island radiation using ancient and recent DNA: the extinct and living day geckos (Phelsuma) of the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 109-122.
Bour, R., Frétey, T. and Cheke, A.S. 2014. Philibert Marragon (1749–1826) and the Mémoire sur l’Isle de Rodrigue (1795). Bibliotheca Herpetologica 10(2): 5-32.
Cheke, A.S. and Hume, J.P. 2008. Lost Land of the Dodo: and ecological history of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues. Yale University Press.
Cole, N. (2021). Phelsuma edwardnewtonii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T17432631A17432636. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17432631A17432636.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.
Cole, N., Goder, M., Vencatasamy, D., Mootoocurpen, R., Havery, S., Gamble, F. and Nundlaul, V. 2013. Restoration of Island Ecosystems in Mauritius: The Mauritius Reptile Recovery Programme Annual Report 2013. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
Jean-Baptiste, M. 2013. Reptile survey on Rodrigues and its islets. Solitaire 24: 18-20.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Rocha, Sara et al. (2010). Phylogenetic systematics of day geckos, genus Phelsuma, based on molecular and morphological data (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2429: 1-28. [Abstract]
Tirvengadum, D. D. and Bour, R. (1985). Checklist of the herpetofauna of the Mascarene Islands. Atoll. Res. Bull. 292: 49-60.
Vinson, J. and Vinson, J.M. 1969. The saurian fauna of the Mascarene Islands. The Mauritius Institute Bulletin, VI: 203-320.
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