Small day gecko in Masoala NP, Madagascar

I'm going to ask John for advise on this one.

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John Sullivan

Lion

I looked through Glaw & Vences and it looks like this is Phelsuma guttata. The description includes "Head small and long. Back green or grayish (without median stripe); flanks and sometimes backs with dark vermiculite ones, back often with red spots. A dark band from nostril through eye to neck above ear opening. Three dark chevrons on the throat are always present." There are a few other Phelsuma species recorded from Masoala but this is the only one that seems to closely match your photo. (I am assuming that the stripes visible on the throat are chevrons.) Posted 9 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you so much for all that effort! Seems like it was the same species as the one found on Nosy Mangabe:
  
  I had compared it to that, but the angle is too different to get a clear comparison. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
2. 1. John Sullivan
    
    Lion
    
    I think this new photo is even clearer than that other one, because of the stripes/chevrons visible on the throat. That's a species I didn't see on my visits. I'll have to go back! Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Yes you must :) Posted 9 years ago

The Speckled day gecko

The speckled day gecko is a diurnal species of geckos. It lives in eastern Madagascar and typically inhabits rainforests and dwells on trees. The speckled day gecko feeds on insects and nectar

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

Species identified by Ferdy Christant