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{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | name = Standing's day gecko | image = Gekkonidae - Phelsuma standingi.JPG | image_caption =Female of ''Phelsuma standingi'', with prominent endolymphatic chalk sacs | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Raxworthy, C.J. |author2=Vences, M. |date=2010 |title=''Phelsuma standingi'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T16947A6635765 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T16947A6635765.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Phelsuma | species = standingi | authority = [[Paul A. Methuen|Methuen]] & [[John Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt]], 1913<ref>[[Paul A. Methuen|Methuen, P. A.]] & [[John Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt, J.]] (1913). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/203783#page/233/mode/1up "On a collection of reptiles from Madagascar made during the year 1911"]. ''Annals of the Transvaal Museum''. '''3''' (4): 183-193.</ref> | range_map = Phelsuma standingi distribution.png }} '''Standing's day gecko''' ('''''Phelsuma standingi''''') is an [[arboreal]] and [[diurnal animal|diurnal]] [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to southwest [[Madagascar]]; it is threatened by illegal collection for the international pet trade and habitat loss. It is among the largest living species of [[day gecko]]s. Standing's day gecko feeds on insects and nectar.
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