Phelsuma berghofi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology The specific name, berghofi, is in honor of German herpetologist Hans-Peter Berghof.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Phelsuma berghofi, p. 24).
Geographic range P. berghofi is native to the Atsimo-Atsinanana region of southeastern Madagascar.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of P. berghofi are grassland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to about .
Description A medium-sized species for its genus, P. berghofi may attain a total length (including tail) of .
Reproduction P. berghofi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Berghof H-P (2005). Taggeckos. Münster, Germany: Natur und Tier Verlag. 144 pp. (Phelsuma berghofi, p. 111). (in German). Hallmann, Gerhard; Krüger, Jens; Trautmann, Gerd (2008). Faszinierende Taggeckos: Die Gattung Phelsuma. Münster, Germany: Natur und Tier Verlag. 253 pp. . (Phelsuma berghofi, p. 88). (in German). Krüger J (1996). "Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus der Gattung Phelsuma aus dem Süd-Osten Madagaskars ". Herpetofauna 18 (105): 14–18. (Phelsuma berghofi, new species). (in German). Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phelsuma berghofi, p. 101). (in German).