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Phelsuma
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Translingual
thumb|gold dust day gecko Gold dust day gecko
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
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genus family Gekkonidae day geckos
Hypernyms
genus Squamata order order; Gekkota infraorder infraorder; Gekkonoidea superfamily superfamily; Gekkonidae family family; Uroplatinae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus About 70 known species and subspecies; see Phelsuma Classification
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mul Geckos
mul eponyms