Editing Blue-tailed day gecko (section)

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Phelsuma cepediana Mauritius 040128.jpg
| image_caption = Male,  Senneville, Mauritius
| image2 = Blue-tailed day gecko (Phelsuma cepediana).jpg
| image2_caption = Female, Ebony Forest Reserve Chamarel, Mauritius
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Glaw, F. |author2=Cole, N. |year=2011 |title=''Phelsuma cepediana'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T172918A6941597 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172918A6941597.en |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>
| genus = Phelsuma
| species = cepediana
| authority = ([[Jacques-Gérard Milbert|Milbert]], 1812)<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Phelsuma|species=cepediana}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
| range_map = Phelsuma cepediana distribution.png
| synonyms =
{{Species list
| Gecko cepedianus | Milbert, 1812
| Phelsuma crepidianus | [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825
| Phelsuma ornatum | Gray, 1825
| Anoplopus cepedeanus | [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830
| Platydactylus cepedianus | [[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1836
| Phelsuma trilineatum | Gray, 1842
| Phelsuma cepedianum | [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1885
| Phelsuma cepediana | [[Robert Mertens|Mertens]], 1962
}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/>
}}
[[File:Blue-tailed day gecko (Phelsuma cepediana) 2.jpg|thumb|Female]] 

The '''blue-tailed day gecko''' ('''''Phelsuma cepediana'''''), also known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''Lacépède's gecko''',  is a [[diurnal animal|diurnal]] [[species]] of [[gecko]], a [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island [[Mauritius]]. It typically inhabits warm and humid places and dwells on different trees and bushes.

Additionally, it is noteworthy that the blue-tailed day gecko can change colors and patterns ontogenetically. Depending on the activity, coloration can differ.