Editing Phelsuma (section)

==Taxonomy==
The genus itself is thought to have originated anywhere between the [[Late Cretaceous]] to the mid-[[Eocene]] (43 to 75 mya), as that is when its lineage is known to have diverged from the one containing the [[Namaqua Day Gecko|Namaqua day gecko]] (''Rhoptropella''), although it is unknown how closely related both genera are. The [[crown group]] containing all recent species is thought to have originated in the early [[Oligocene]], about 30 million years ago, with the most basal of them being the isolated [[Andaman day gecko]] (''P. andamanensis''), which diverged from all other species shortly after the crown group originated.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mohan|first1=Ashwini V.|last2=Orozco-terWengel|first2=Pablo|author2-link=species:Pablo Orozco-terWengel|last3=Shanker|first3=Kartik|last4=Vences|first4=Miguel|author4-link=Miguel Vences|date=2020-07-16|title=The Andaman day gecko paradox: an ancient endemic without pronounced phylogeographic structure|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=10|issue=1|pages=11745|doi=10.1038/s41598-020-68402-7|pmid=32678130|pmc=7367275|bibcode=2020NatSR..1011745M|issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free}}</ref> Most of the other divergence among species in areas of the Western Indian Ocean such as the [[Seychelles]] is thought to have occurred in the [[Neogene]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rocha|first1=Sara|author1-link=species:Sara Rocha|last2=Posada|first2=David|last3=Harris|first3=D. James|author3-link=species:David James Harris|date=2013-01-05|title=Phylogeography and diversification history of the day-gecko genus Phelsuma in the Seychelles islands|url= |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology|volume=13|issue=1|pages=3|doi=10.1186/1471-2148-13-3|issn=1471-2148|pmc=3598968|pmid=23289814 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2013BMCEE..13....3R }}</ref>