Interesting Facts

• There are 43 extant species of the Phelsuma gecko most of which are found in Madagascar (Rocha, S., Vences, M., Glaw, F., Posada, D., and D.J. Harris. 2009).
  
  
• The Phelsuma laticauda gecko has been introduced to areas as far away as Hawaii, and due to their ability to adapt to a variety of climates, they have successfully spread to many of the Hawaiian Islands (Goldberg,    
  S.R., and F. Kraus. 2011).            
  
  
• P. laticauda has many intricate markings in a variety of colors such as green, yellow, red, and even blue (Saenko, S.V., Teyssier, J., Van der Marel, D., and M.C. Milinkovitch. 2013).
  
  
• The Phelsuma lizards are mostly awake during the day, which is unusual and unique to their genus as most geckos are active during the night hours (Rocha, S., Vences,
  M., Glaw, F., Posada, D.,
  and D.J. Harris. 2009)
  
  
• The Gold Dust Day Gecko are not at risk of becoming extinct; in fact, many people even keep them as house pets (Van Heygen, E. 2004).
  
  
  
  
  
                                                              All photos courtesy of Samantha Rakotopare