Editing Phelsuma (section)

==Classification==
[[File:Phelsuma abbotti chekei 188291768 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Cheke's day gecko<br> (''[[Phelsuma abbotti chekei|P. abbotti chekei]]'')]]
[[File:Phelsuma astriata astriata 2015 (cropped).JPG|thumb|Seychelles small day gecko<br>(''[[Phelsuma astriata astriata|P. astriata astriata]]'')]][[File:Phelsuma borbonica mater 129462954 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Reunion Island day gecko <br>(''[[Réunion Island day gecko|P. borbonicaca]]'')]][[File:Phelsuma breviceps (cropped 2).JPG|thumb|Short-headed day gecko (''[[Phelsuma breviceps|P. breviceps]]'')]][[File:Phelsuma cepediana Mauritius 040128 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Blue-tailed day gecko<br />(''[[Blue-tailed day gecko|P. cepediana]]'')]]The genus consists of about 70 known [[species]] and [[subspecies]].

Two ''Phelsuma'' species (''[[Phelsuma gigas]]'' and ''[[Phelsuma edwardnewtoni]]''), both of which were endemic to the [[Mascarene Islands|Mascarene]] island of [[Rodrigues]], are now considered to be [[Extinction|extinct]], probably due to the destruction of their environments by human settlers and their domestic animals. Many day gecko species are endangered today for similar reasons: an increasing percentage of their natural habitat, especially tropical forest, is being destroyed by human activity.

*[[File:Phelsuma dorsivittata 184633674 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Striped day gecko (''[[Phelsuma dorsivittata|P. dorsivittata]]'')]][[File:P-flavigularis (cropped).jpg|thumb|Yellow-throated day gecko (''[[Phelsuma flavigularis|P. flavigularis]]'')]][[File:Phelsuma gouldi 108484637 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Anja day gecko (''[[Phelsuma gouldi|P. gouldi]]'')]][[File:Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis) Nosy Komba (cropped).jpg|thumb|Madagascar giant day gecko (''[[Phelsuma grandis|P. grandis]]'')]][[File:Gecko Phelsuma klemmeri (cropped).jpg|thumb|Yellow-headed day gecko (''[[Phelsuma klemmeri|P. klemmeri]]'')]][[File:Phelsuma lineata 184622407 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lined day gecko (''[[Phelsuma lineata|P. lineata]]'')]][[File:Ornate Day Gecko in Bras d'Eau NP - Phelsuma ornata (cropped).jpg|thumb|Mauritius ornate day gecko<br />(''[[Mauritius ornate day gecko|P. ornata]]'')]][[File:Phelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata 3890357 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Peacock day gecko (''[[Phelsuma quadriocellata|P. quadriocellata]]'')]][[File:Phelsuma standingi 50296046 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Standing's day gecko (''[[Phelsuma standingi|P. standingi]]'')]]''[[Phelsuma abbotti]]'' {{small|[[Leonhard Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1893}}
**''[[Phelsuma abbotti abbotti]]'' {{small|Stejneger, 1893}} – Aldabra Island day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma abbotti chekei]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Achim-Rüdiger Börner|Börner]] & [[species:Walter W. Minuth|Minuth]], 1984}} – Cheke's day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma abbotti sumptio]]'' {{small|[[species:Anthony S. Cheke|Cheke]], 1982}} – Assumption Island day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma andamanensis]]'' {{small|[[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1861}} – Andaman Islands day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma antanosy]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Christopher John Raxworthy|Raxworthy]] & [[:fr:Ronald Archie Nussbaum|Nussbaum]], 1993}}
*''[[Phelsuma astriata]]'' {{small|[[Gustav Tornier|Tornier]], 1901}} – Seychelles day gecko
** ''[[Phelsuma astriata astovei]]'' {{small|[[Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons|V. FitzSimons]], 1948}}
**''[[Phelsuma astriata astriata]]'' {{small|Tornier, 1901}} – Seychelles small day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma astriata semicarinata]]'' {{small|Cheke, 1982}}
*''[[Phelsuma barbouri]]'' {{small|[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1942}} – Barbour's day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma berghofi]]'' {{small|[[species:Jens Krüger|Krüger]], 1996}}
*''[[Phelsuma borai]]'' {{small|[[Frank Glaw|Glaw]], [[Jörn Köhler|J. Köhler]] & [[Miguel Vences|Vences]], 2009}}
*''[[Phelsuma borbonica]]'' {{small|[[Robert Mertens|Mertens]], 1966}}
**''[[Phelsuma borbonica agalegae]]'' {{small|Cheke, 1975}} – Agalega day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma borbonica borbonica]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1966}} – Reunion Island day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma borbonica mater]]'' {{small|[[Harald Meier|Meier]], 1995}}
*''[[Phelsuma breviceps]]'' {{small|[[Oskar Boettger|Boettger]], 1894}}
*[[File:Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae 62955290 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Mahé day gecko (''[[Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae|P. sundbergi longinsulae]]'')]]''[[Phelsuma cepediana]]'' {{small|([[Jacques-Gérard Milbert|Milbert]], 1812)}} – blue-tailed day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma comorensis]]'' {{small|Boettger, 1913}}
*''[[Phelsuma dorsivittata]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1964}}
*''[[Phelsuma dubia]]'' {{small|(Boettger, 1881)}} – dull day gecko, Zanzibar day gecko
*{{Dagger}}''[[Phelsuma edwardnewtoni]]'' {{small|[[species:Joseph Lucien Jean Vinson|J. Vinson]] & [[species:Jean-Michel Vinson|J.-M. Vinson]], 1969}} – Rodrigues day gecko (extinct, last seen 1917)
*''[[Phelsuma flavigularis]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1962}} – yellow-throated day gecko
*{{Dagger}}''[[Phelsuma gigas]]'' {{small|[[François Liénard de la Mivoye|Liénard]], 1842}} – Rodrigues giant day gecko (extinct, last seen 1842)
*''[[Phelsuma gouldi]]'' {{small|[[species:Angelica Crottini|Crottini]] et al., 2011}}
*''[[Phelsuma grandis]]'' {{small|[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1870}} – Madagascar giant day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma guentheri]]'' {{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1885}} – Round Island day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma guimbeaui]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1963}} – orange-spotted day gecko, Mauritius lowland forest day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma guttata]]'' {{small|[[:sv:Walter Kaudern|Kaudern]], 1922}} – speckled day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma hielscheri]]'' {{small|[[species:Herbert Rösler|Rösler]], [[species:Fritz Jürgen Obst|Obst]] & [[species:Robert Seipp|Seipp]], 2001}}
*''[[Phelsuma hoeschi]]'' {{small|[[species:Hans-Peter Berghof|Berghof]] & [[species:Gerd Trautmann|Trautmann]], 2009}}
*''[[Phelsuma inexpectata]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1966}} – Reunion Island ornate day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma kely]]'' {{small|[[species:Patrick Schönecker|Schönecker]], [[species:Stefanie Bach|Bach]] & Glaw, 2004}}
*''[[Phelsuma klemmeri]]'' {{small|Seipp, 1991}} – yellow-headed day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma madagascariensis kochi|Phelsuma kochi]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1954}} – Koch's day gecko, Koch's giant day gecko, Madagascar day gecko, Maevatanana day gecko 
*''[[Phelsuma laticauda]]'' {{small|(Boettger, 1880)}} – broad-tailed day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma laticauda angularis]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1964}}
**''[[Phelsuma laticauda laticauda]]'' {{small|(Boettger, 1880)}} – gold dust day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma lineata]]'' {{small|Gray, 1842}}
**''[[Phelsuma lineata bombetokensis]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1964}}
**''[[Phelsuma lineata elanthana]]'' {{small|Krüger, 1996}}
**''[[Phelsuma lineata lineata]]'' {{small|Gray, 1842}}
*''[[Phelsuma madagascariensis]]'' {{small|Gray, 1831}}
**''[[Phelsuma madagascariensis boehmei]]'' {{small|Meier, 1982}} – Boehme's giant day gecko 
**''[[Phelsuma madagascariensis madagascariensis]]'' {{small|Gray, 1831}} – Madagascar day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma malamakibo]]'' {{small|Nussbaum et al., 2000}} <ref>{{Cite web|title=Catalogue of Life: ''Phelsuma malamakibo'' Nussbaum, Raxworthy, Raselimanana & Ramanamanjato, 2000|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/4f476e9d91646bce8ba269006542ae85|website=www.catalogueoflife.org|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>
*''[[Phelsuma masohoala]]'' {{small|Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994}} <ref>{{Cite web|title=''Phelsuma masohoala''|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Phelsuma&species=masohoala|website=The Reptile Database|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>
*''[[Phelsuma modesta]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1970}} – modest day gecko <ref>{{Cite web|title=''Phelsuma modesta''|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Phelsuma&species=modesta|website=The Reptile Database|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>
**''[[Phelsuma modesta leiogaster]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1963}}
**''[[Phelsuma modesta modesta]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1970}} {{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*''[[Phelsuma mutabilis]]'' {{small|([[Alfred Grandidier|Grandidie]]r, 1869)}} – thicktail day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma nigristriata]]'' {{small|Meier, 1984}} – island day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma ornata]]'' {{small|Gray, 1825}} – Mauritius ornate day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma parkeri]]'' {{small|Loveridge, 1941}} – Pemba Island day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma parva]]'' {{small|Meier, 1983}}
*''[[Phelsuma v-nigra pasteuri|Phelsuma pasteuri]]'' {{small|Meier, 1984}} – Pasteur's day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma pronki]]'' {{small|Seipp, 1994}}
*''[[Phelsuma punctulata]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1970}} – striped day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma pusilla]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1964}}
**''[[Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni]]'' {{small|Meier, 1989}} – Hallmann's day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma pusilla pusilla]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1964}}
*''[[Phelsuma quadriocellata]]'' {{small|[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1883}} – peacock day gecko
**''Phelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata'' {{small|W. Peters, 1883}} – four-spotted day gecko
**''Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata'' {{small|Kaudern, 1922}}
**''Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida'' {{small|Krüger, 1993}}
*''[[Phelsuma ravenala]]'' {{small|Raxworthy et al., 2007}}<!--Systematic Biology 56(6), December 2007: 907-923.-->
*''[[Phelsuma robertmertensi]]'' {{small|Meier, 1980}} – [[Robert Mertens]]'s day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma roesleri]]'' {{small|Glaw et al., 2010}}
*''[[Phelsuma guimbeaui rosagularis|Phelsuma rosagularis]]'' {{small|J. Vinson & J.-M. Vinson, 1969}} – Mauritius upland forest day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma seippi]]'' {{small|Meier, 1987}} – Seipp's day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma serraticauda]]'' {{small|Mertens, 1963}} – flat-tailed day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma standingi]]'' {{small|[[Paul Ayshford Methuen, 4th Baron Methuen|Methuen]] & [[John Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt]], 1913}} – Standing's day gecko
*''[[Phelsuma sundbergi]]'' {{small|[[Carl Hialmar Rendahl|Rendahl]], 1939}} – Praslin Island day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis]]'' {{small|[[species:Wolfgang Böhme|Böhme]] & Meier, 1981}} – La Digue day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae]]'' {{small|Rendahl, 1939}} – Mahé day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma sundbergi sundbergi]]'' {{small|Rendahl, 1939}} – Seychelles giant day gecko
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*''[[Phelsuma vanheygeni]]'' {{small|[[species:Achim Lerner|Lerner]], 2000}}
*''[[Phelsuma v-nigra]]'' {{small|Boettger, 1913}} – Indian day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis]]'' {{small|Meier, 1986}} – Anjouan Island day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis]]'' {{small|Meier, 1986}} – Grand Comoro day gecko
**''[[Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra]]'' {{small|Boettger, 1913}}

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] or [[Trinomen|trinomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than ''Phelsuma''.

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==Explanation of the species epithets==
* ''abbotti'': after [[W. L. Abbott]].
* ''agalagae'': from [[Agalega]].
* ''andamanensis'': from the [[Andaman Islands]].
* ''angularis'': angular (refers to the tail).
* ''anjouanensis'': from Anjouan (island).
* ''astovei'': from Astove (island).
* ''astriata'': without stripes (in comparison to ''[[Phelsuma lineata lineata]]'').
* ''barbouri'': after Barbour.
* ''befotakensis'': from [[Befotaka]].
* ''bimaculata'': with two blotches, spots.
* ''boehmei'': after [[Wolfgang Böhme]].
* ''bombetokensis'': from Bombetoka (bay).
* ''borbonica'': from Bourbon (now called [[Réunion]]).
* ''breviceps'': short headed.
* ''cepediana'': after [[Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède]].
* ''checkei'': after [[Anthony. S. Checke]].
* ''chloroscelis'': with (leaf) green thighs.
* ''comoraegrandensis'': from [[Grande Comoros]].
* ''comorensis'': from the [[Comoros]] (island group).
* ''dorsivittata'': back wrapped in ribbons.
* ''dubia'':
* ''edwardnewtonii'': after [[Edward Newton]].
* ''flavigularis'': with a yellow throat.
* ''grandis'': big.
* ''guentheri'': after [[Albert Günther]].
* ''guimbeaui'': after B. Guimbeau.
* ''guttata'': with teardrop formed spots.
* ''hallmannii'': after G. Hallmann.
* ''inexpectata'': unexpected.
* ''kely'': small (in the [[Malagasy language]]).
* ''kochi'': after K.L. Koch.
* ''ladiguensis'': from la Digue (island).
* ''laticauda'': with a broad, flattened tail.
* ''leiogaster'': smooth scales (belly).
* ''leiura'': smooth tail scales.
* ''lineata'': striped.
* ''longinsulae'': from Long Island.
* ''madagascariensis'': from [[Madagascar]].
* ''martensi'': after [[Karl Martens]].
* ''menaiensis'': from Menai.
* ''minuthi'': after W. Minuth.
* ''modesta'': modest.
* ''mutabilis'': variable, changeable.
* ''nigristriata'': with black stripes.
* ''notissima'': best known.
* ''ornata'': ornated.
* ''parkeri'': after Park.
* ''parva'': small.
* ''pasteuri'': after [[Georges Pasteur]].
* ''Phelsuma'': after [[Murk van Phelsum]].
* ''pulchra'': beautiful.
* ''punctulata'': with small spots.
* ''pusilla'': tiny.
* ''quadriocellata'': with four eyes.
* ''robertmertensi'': after [[Robert Mertens]].
* ''rosagularis'': with a rose-coloured throat.
* ''rubra'': red(-hot).
* ''seippi'': after [[Robert Seipp]].
* ''semicarinata'': semi-keeled (scales).
* ''serraticauda'': with a serrated tail.
* ''standingi'': after Standing.
* ''sumptio:.
*# from [[Assumption Island]].
*# from sumptuous (posture, build).
* ''sundbergi'': after H. Sundberg.
* ''umbrae'': shaded.
* ''v-nigra'': with a black V (marking).
* ''venusta'': sweet.
* ''vinsoni'': after [[Jean Vinson]] and [[Jean-Michel Vinson]].-->