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{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Speciesbox | name = Yellow-headed day gecko | image = Gekkonidae - Phelsuma klemmeri.JPG | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Raxworthy, C.J. |author-link=species:Christopher John Raxworthy |author2=Ratsoavina, F. |author2-link=species:Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina |author3=Glaw, F. |author3-link=Frank Glaw |author4=Rabibisoa, N. |author4-link=species:Nirhy Rabibisoa |author5=Rakotondrazafy, N.A. |author5-link=species:Ny A. Rakotondrazafy |author6=Bora, P. |author6-link=species:Parfait Bora |date=2011 |title=''Phelsuma klemmeri '' |volume=2011 |page=e.T172981A6952389 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172981A6952389.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Phelsuma | species = klemmeri | authority = [[Robert Seipp|Seipp]], 1991 | range_map = Phelsuma klemmeri distribution.png }} The '''yellow-headed day gecko''' ('''''Phelsuma klemmeri''')'', also [[Common name|commonly]] called the '''cheerful day gecko''', '''Klemmer's day gecko''',<ref name="EDR"/> and the '''neon day gecko''', is a small [[diurnal animal|diurnal]] [[species]] of [[gecko]], a [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. This [[endangered species]] is [[Endemism|endemic]] to northwestern [[Madagascar]] and inhabits coastal forests (both dry and humid), dwelling on bamboo.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /> The yellow-headed day gecko feeds on insects and nectar.
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