Editing Phelsuma (section)

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Phelsuma-laticauda-Saint-Denis.JPG
| image_caption = [[Gold dust day gecko]], ''Phelsuma laticauda''
| taxon = Phelsuma
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 53 species; see text
}}

'''''Phelsuma''''' is a large [[genus]] of [[gecko]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. [[Species]] in the genus ''Phelsuma'' are commonly referred to as '''day geckos'''.

Some day geckos are seriously endangered and some are common, but all ''Phelsuma'' species are [[CITES Appendix II]] listed. Little is known about trade in day geckos,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz65-2/02_vertebrate_zoology_65-2_glaw-roesler_247-283.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220111330/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz65-2/02_vertebrate_zoology_65-2_glaw-roesler_247-283.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but the [[IUCN]] considers it a threat to some species. Some species are captive-bred.<ref>[http://www.geckotime.com/breeding-endangered-geckos/ Breeding Endangered Geckos], editor's interview with Matt Schaefer, July 23, 2013</ref>