Editing Rodrigues day gecko (section)

{{Short description|Extinct species of lizard}}
{{Refimprove|date=October 2022}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Rodrigues day gecko
| image = Phelsuma_edwardnewtoni.jpg
| image_caption = Museum specimen
| status = EX
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>[[species:Nik C. Cole|Cole N]] (2021). "''Phelsuma edwardnewtoni'' ". The [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17432631A17432636.en. Accessed on 30 October 2022.</ref>
| genus = Phelsuma
| species = edwardnewtoni
| authority = [[species:Joseph Lucien Jean Vinson|J. Vinson]] & [[species:Jean-Michel Vinson|J.-M. Vinson]], 1969
| extinct = 1917
| synonyms = *''Phelsuma newtoni'' <br>{{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1884}}
*''Phelsuma newtonii'' <br>{{small|— Boulenger, 1885}}
*''Phelsuma edwardnewtoni'' <br>{{small|J. Vinson & J.-M. Vinson, 1969}}
*''Phelsuma edwardnewtoni'' <br>{{small|— [[Arnold G. Kluge|Kluge]], 1993}}
*''Phelsuma edwardnewtoni'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Herbert Rösler|Rösler]], 2000}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{EMBL species|genus=Phelsuma|species=edwardnewtoni}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
}}
The '''Rodrigues day gecko''' ('''''Phelsuma edwardnewtoni'''''), also known [[Common name|commonly]] as the '''Rodrigues blue-dotted day gecko''', is an [[extinct]] [[species]] of [[day gecko]], a [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. The species was [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island of [[Rodrigues (island)|Rodrigues]], where it typically inhabited [[forest]]s and dwelt in [[tree]]s. The Rodrigues day gecko fed on [[insect]]s and [[nectar]].