Mjusi-kafiri mchana

Mjusi-kafiri mchana
Mjusi-kafiri mchana pwani (Phelsuma dubia)
Mjusi-kafiri mchana pwani (Phelsuma dubia)
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya:Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila:Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Nusufaila:Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo)
Ngeli:Reptilia (Wanyama wenye damu baridi na magamba ngozini)
Oda:Squamata (Mijusi, mijusi-nyungunyungu na nyoka)
Nusuoda:Lacertilia (Mijusi)
Oda ya chini:Gekkota (Mijusi-kafiri)
Familia:Gekkonidae (Mijusi-kafiri wa kawaida)
Gray, 1825
Jenasi:Phelsuma (Mijusi-kafiri mchana)
Gray, 1825
Ngazi za chini

Spishi 53:

  • P. abbotti Stejneger, 1893
  • P. andamanense Blyth, 1861
  • P. antanosy Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
  • P. astriata Tornier, 1901
  • P. barbouri Loveridge, 1942
  • P. berghofi Krüger, 1996
  • P. borai Glaw, J. Köhler & Vences, 2009
  • P. borbonica Mertens, 1966
  • P. breviceps Böttger, 1894
  • P. cepediana (Milbert, 1812)
  • P. comorensis Böttger, 1913
  • P. dorsivittata Mertens, 1964
  • P. dubia (Böttger, 1881)
  • P. edwardnewtoni J. Vinson & J.-M. Vinson, 1969
  • P. flavigularis Mertens, 1962
  • P. gigas Liénard, 1842
  • P. gouldi Crottini, Gehring, Glaw, Harris, Lima & Vences, 2011
  • P. grandis Gray, 1870
  • P. guentheri Boulenger, 1885
  • P. guimbeaui Mertens, 1963
  • P. guttata Kaudern, 1922
  • P. hielscheri Rösler, Obst & Seipp, 2001
  • P. hoeschi Berghof & Trautmann, 2009
  • P. inexpectata Mertens, 1966
  • P. kely Schönecker, Bach & Glaw, 2004
  • P. klemmeri Seipp, 1991
  • P. kochi Mertens, 1954
  • P. laticauda (Böttger, 1880)
  • P. lineata Gray, 1842
  • P. madagascariensis Gray, 1831
  • P. malamakibo Nussbaum, Raxworthy, Raselimanana & Ramanamanjato, 2000
  • P. masohoala Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994
  • P. modesta Mertens, 1970
  • P. mutabilis (Grandidier, 1869)
  • P. nigristriata Meier, 1984
  • P. ocellata (Boulenger, 1885)
  • P. ornata Gray, 1825
  • P. parkeri Loveridge, 1941
  • P. parva Meier, 1983
  • P. pasteuri Meier, 1984
  • P. pronki Seipp, 1994
  • P. pusilla Mertens, 1964
  • P. quadriocellata Peters, 1883
  • P. ravenala Raxworthy, Ingram, Rabibisoa & Pearson, 2007
  • P. robertmertensi Meier, 1980
  • P. roesleri Glaw, Gehring, Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2010
  • P. rosagularis J. Vinson & J.-M. Vinson, 1969
  • P. seippi Meier, 1987
  • P. serraticauda Mertens, 1963
  • P. standingi Methuen & Hewitt, 1913
  • P. sundbergi Rendahl, 1939
  • P. v-nigra Böttger, 1913
  • P. vanheygeni Lerner, 2000

Mijusi-kafiri mchana ni mijusi wa jenasi Phelsuma katika familia Gekkonidae. Kinyume na spishi nyingine za mijusi-kafiri, ambazo hukiakia usiku, spishi hizi hukiakia mchana. Katika Unguja na Pemba spishi za huko huitwa mijusi wa mnazi pia, kwa sababu wanatokea kwa majani ya minazi.

Takriban mijusi wote wa jenasi hii wana rangi ya majani. Wengine ni buluu, kijivu au kahawia. Mara nyingi wana madoa na/au milia mekundu, buluu, njano au meusi.

Spishi nyingi ni ndogo kuliko mijusi-kafiri wengine, k.m. chini ya sm 15. Ile ndogo kabisa ni mjusi-kafiri mchana kibete, ambaye inafika sm 7.1 tu. Spishi nyingine zinafika sm 30 na mjusi-kafiri mkubwa wa Rodrigues, ambaye amekwisha sasa, alikuwa na urefu wa hadi sm 40.

Mijusi hawa hula wadudu, vertebrata wengine, mbochi, mbelewele na matunda mororo.

Spishi

Picha

Marejeo

  • Spawls, S., Howell, K., Drewes, R. & Ashe, J. (2002) A field guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA.

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