Help the Phelsuma antanosy
Our mission is to bring awareness to the value that the critically endangered Phelsuma Day Geckos bring to their ecosystem and the importance of high levels of biodiversity across the world.
Image source: Pointer, M. (2018, June 20). RADical solutions: saving a species of Madagascan gecko from extinction. Earlham Institute. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://www.earlham.ac.uk/articles/radical-solutions-saving-species-madagascan-gecko-extinction (photo).
About Phelsuma antanosy
The Phelsuma Day Gecko has only been able to inhabit two sections of forestry. These areas are due for demolition by 2028 for mining (Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, 2018). It is estimated that only 5,000-10,000 Antanosy Day Geckos are left in the wild. There is so little known about this species that ecologists don’t fully understand the impact they have on this ecosystem yet (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011). Ecologists do know that the Antanosy Day Gecko provides insect control and feeds numerous, larger predators. More research is desperately needed and none will be completed if there are no Antanosy Day Geckos to observe. We should avoid repeating the loss of a keystone species just because we did not realize how important it was until it was too late.
Image source: Phelsuma antanosy | Phelsuma antanosy. (n.d.). EDGE of Existence. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/phelsuma-antanosy/ (photo).
