''Phelsuma v-nigra'', also known as the Indian day gecko
or Boettger's day gecko,
[ is a species of ]gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from .
Geckos ar ...
. It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to the Comoros.
Subspecies
There are three subspecies:
References
Phelsuma
Endemic fauna of the Comoros
Reptiles of the Comoros
Reptiles described in 1913
Taxa named by Oskar Boettger
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