Phelsuma gigas

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA SQUAMATA GEKKONIDAE

Scientific Name: Phelsuma gigas
Species Authority: Liénard, 1842
Common Name/s:
French – Gecko Diurne Géant De Rodrigues, Phelsume De Géant Rodrigues

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Justification:
This species was known only from Rodrigues, Mauritius. It is believed to have become extinct around the end of the nineteenth century.
History:
1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Regionally extinct:
Mauritius (Rodrigues)

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Phelsuma gigas. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 January 2009.
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