Assumption Island day gecko
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Geckos | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Reptilia | ordo = Squamata | subordo = Sauria | familia = Gekkonidae | subfamilia = Gekkoninae | genus = Phelsuma | species = P. abbotti | subspecies = P. a. sumptio | trinomial = Phelsuma abbotti sumptio | trinomial_authority = Cheke, 1982 }}
Assumption Island day Gecko (Phelsuma abbotti sumptio Cheke, 1982), named after a small island outlying on the south west end of the Seychelles is a subspecies of geckos. This species is only found on Assumption Island. It typically reaches the length of 140 mm, lives on palm trees and feeds on insects and fruit.