Editing Andaman day gecko (section)

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Phelsuma andamanense 002.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = Richman, N. | author2 = Böhm, M. | name-list-style=amp| title = ''Phelsuma andamanense'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2010 | page = e.T177829A7465896 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2010 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/177829/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T177829A7465896.en | access-date = 10 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref>
| genus = Phelsuma
| species = andamanensis
| authority = [[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1861
| range_map = Phelsuma andamanense distribution.png
| synonyms = *''Gecko chameleon'' <small>Tytler, 1864</small>
*''Phelsuma madagascariensis andamanense '' <small>[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1942</small>
}}

The '''Andaman day gecko''' ('''''Phelsuma andamanensis'''''), also known as the '''Andaman Islands day gecko''', is a [[species]] of [[gecko]] in the genus ''[[Phelsuma]]''. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Andaman Islands]] of [[India]], and has recently been [[Introduced species|introduced]] to the [[Nicobar islands]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Phelsuma|species=andamanensis|accessdate=11 January 2020}}</ref> It is a small, slender lizard, has a bright green colour and feeds on [[insects]]. Its [[range (biology)|range]] is nearly 5000&nbsp;km away from the centre of the distribution area of the genus ''Phelsuma'', in [[Mauritius]] and [[Madagascar]].<ref name="www.phelsuma.org">[http://www.phelsuma.org/main/taxonomy/andamanensis/andamanensis.html Phelsuma.org]</ref>

[[File:Andaman Island Day geko IMG 0521 by Ayotrik Biswas.jpg|thumb|Andaman Islands day gecko]]