Phelsuma
Translingual
Etymology
This genus was first described in 1825 by the British zoologist John Edward Gray, who named it after the Dutch physician Murk van Phelsum.
Proper noun
Phelsuma
- A taxonomic genus within the family Gekkonidae – day geckos.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Squamata – order; Gekkota – infraorder; Gekkonoidea – superfamily; Gekkonidae – family; Uroplatinae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): About 70 known species and subspecies; see Phelsuma § Classification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Phelsuma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Phelsuma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Phelsuma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons