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{{Short description|Subspecies of lizard}}
{{More citations needed|type=animal|date=January 2018}}
{{Subspeciesbox
| image = Phelsuma abbotti chekei 188291768.jpg
| genus = Phelsuma
| species = abbotti
| subspecies = chekei
| authority = [[Börner]] & [[Minuth]], 1984
| synonyms = * ''Phelsuma befotakensis'' <br>{{small|Börner & Minuth, 1982}} <br>(fide [[Harald Meier|Meier]] & [[:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|Böhme]], 1996)
* ''Phelsuma chekei'' <br>{{small|Börner & Minuth, 1984}}
* ''Phelsuma abbotti chekei'' <br>{{small|— [[Frank Glaw|Glaw]] & [[Miguel Vences|Vences]], 1994}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Phelsuma|species=abbotti}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
}}

'''Cheke's day gecko''' (''Phelsuma abbotti chekei)'' is a [[subspecies]] of [[day gecko]], a [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. 
[[File:Cheke's_day_gecko.jpg|thumb|Cheke's day gecko at The Gecko Gallery NYC.]]

==Etymology==
The [[Subspecies|subspecific name]], ''chekei'', is in honor of British ornithologist [[species:Anthony S. Cheke|Anthony S. Cheke]].<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Phelsuma abbotti chekei'', p. 52).</ref>

==Distribution==
''P. a. chekei'' is found on the island of [[Madagascar]].<ref name=RDB/>

==Diet==
''P. a. chekei'' primarily eats insects and fruits.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==Reproduction==
''P. a. chekei'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[:fr:Achim-Rüdiger Börner|Börner A-R]], [[species:Walter W. Minuth|Minuth W]] (1984). "On the taxonomy of the Indian Ocean Lizards of the ''Phelsuma madagascariensis'' species group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' '''81''' (2): 243–281. (''Phelsuma chekei'', new species, p.&nbsp;259).
*[[Frank Glaw|Glaw F]], [[Miguel Vences|Vences M]] (1994). ''A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition''. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. {{ISBN|978-3929449-01-3}}.
*[[Harald Meier|Meier H]], [[:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|Böhme W]] (1996). "''Zum taxonomischen Status des Formenkreises von ''Phelsuma abbotti'' [[Leonhard Stejneger|STEJNEGER]], 1893, mit Bemerkungen über ''P. masohoala'' [[:fr:Christopher John Raxworthy|RAXWORTHY]] & [[:fr:Ronald Archie Nussbaum|NUSSBAUM]], 1994'' ". ''Salamandra'' '''32''' (2): 85–98. (in German, with an abstract in English).

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[[Category:Phelsuma]]

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